A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 14:12:06 / December 24, 2024 @ 2:12 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 167.9651° East, latitude -17.765° South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us6000pfg0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfg0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:12:06 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 37 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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