A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phgk. Id of event: us6000phgk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.353 km (38 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 23:14:01 / December 17, 2024 @ 11:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.0547 East, latitude -17.9269 South, depth = 61.353 km. The temblor was detected at 23:14:01 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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