A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.353 km (26 miles). Exact location, longitude 168.1373° East, latitude -17.7675° South, depth = 41.353 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:39:50 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 02:39:50 / January 4, 2025 @ 2:39 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pht8. Unique identifier: us6000pht8.
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 19 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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