A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 20:59:26 / December 17, 2024 @ 8:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 59.33 km, 168.2959° East, -17.8854° South. The temblor was detected at 20:59:26 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phgg. Id of event: us6000phgg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.33 km (37 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 16 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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