A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us6000ph97. Event ids that are associated: us6000ph97. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 21:36:18 / December 16, 2024 @ 9:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 164.937 km, 167.257° East, -14.5011° South. The temblor was detected at 21:36:18 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.937 km (102 miles).
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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.
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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: 63 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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