A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.5804 East, latitude -17.905 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:45:05 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pg9l. Unique identifier: us6000pg9l. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 23:45:05 / December 27, 2024 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Every 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 twelve, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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