A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.876 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:30:52 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 15:30:52 / December 21, 2024 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000p0lv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0lv. Exact location of event, longitude 168.0262 East, latitude -17.7101 South, depth = 39.876 km.
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (20 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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