A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Sunday. Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 05:36:02 / December 22, 2024 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000phlk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phlk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.577 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 167.4577 East, latitude -15.2811 South, depth = 151.577 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:36:02 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville. Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Each 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 three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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