A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event id: us6000phga. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.889 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 15:10:13 / December 17, 2024 @ 3:10 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:10:13 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.1516° East, latitude -17.7897° South, depth = 72.889 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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