A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 03:14:40 / December 31, 2024 @ 3:14 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 239.124 km (149 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgl7. Unique identifier: us6000pgl7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.5139 East, latitude -18.7892 South, depth = 239.124 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:14:40 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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