A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Sunday. Event id: us6000phy5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phy5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.603 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 05:02:13 / January 5, 2025 @ 5:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:02:13 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.1772° East, latitude -17.5886° South, depth = 55.603 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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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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: 21 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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