A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzg0. Id of event: us7000nzg0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:37:44 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 03:37:44 / December 17, 2024 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 167.957 East, latitude -17.8056 South, depth = 55.674 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.674 km (35 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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