A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 05:49:03 / December 30, 2024 @ 5:49 am. Exact location of event, depth 73.329 km, 168.1966° East, -17.5658° South. Unique identifier: us6000pgf9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgf9. The temblor was picked up at 05:49:03 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.329 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 22 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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