A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us6000phfa. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phfa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:16:10 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.698° East, -17.9371° South, depth 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 03:16:10 / December 17, 2024 @ 3:16 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 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 fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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