A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 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). Exact location, longitude 168.5128° East, latitude -17.4406° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:30:42 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phh4. Id of event: us6000phh4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 15:30:42 / December 18, 2024 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
How would you describe the shaking?
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: 38 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply