A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us7000nzgk. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzgk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 05:02:55 / December 17, 2024 @ 5:02 am. Exact location, longitude 167.8715° East, latitude -18.0207° South, depth = 43.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.23 km (27 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:02:55 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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