A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.377 km (51 miles). Global time and date of event 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 17:04:58 / December 20, 2024 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0f3. Id of event: us7000p0f3. Exact location, longitude 167.8829° East, latitude -17.9795° South, depth = 82.377 km. The temblor was reported at 17:04:58 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. 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: 52 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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