A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:13:55 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 168.0664 East, latitude -17.7323 South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 00:13:55 / December 18, 2024 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phf0. Unique identifier: us6000phf0.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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