A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzig. Unique identifier: us7000nzig. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.338 km (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 167.886° East, -17.9773° South, depth 69.338 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 10:49:18 / December 17, 2024 @ 10:49 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:49:18 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 52 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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