A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.814 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 09:59:55 / December 17, 2024 @ 9:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.1809 East, latitude -17.6754 South, depth = 55.814 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:59:55 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nzi7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzi7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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