A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pin2. Id of event: us6000pin2. The temblor was picked up at 16:50:15 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 16:50:15 / December 27, 2024 @ 4:50 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 167.6948° East, -18.1709° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 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 eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 81 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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