A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 168.1957 East, latitude -17.6483 South, depth = 44.224 km. Unique identifier: us6000phuj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phuj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.224 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 12:02:37 / January 4, 2025 @ 12:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:02:37 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 15 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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