A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.92 km (30 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:57:45 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 06:57:45 / December 17, 2024 @ 6:57 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzhf. Unique identifier: us7000nzhf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 48.92 km, 167.8851° East, -17.9981° South.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 53 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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