Major earthquake 7.4 mag, 54 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A major earthquake with magnitude 7.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port-Vila in Vanuatu (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:47:27 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.8 East, latitude -17.7 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 01:47:27 / December 17, 2024 @ 1:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: at00som7n2. Event ids that are associated: pt24352000, at00som7n2.

The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.8° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-17.7° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-17 01:47:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-17 01:54:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	842	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.365264	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68.399994528	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00som7n2	Id of event.
Event Code	00som7n2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24352000,at00som7n2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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