A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, depth 64.045 km, 167.5696° East, -17.9112° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.045 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 16:39:22 / December 17, 2024 @ 4:39 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000phgb. Event ids that are associated: us6000phgb. The temblor was detected at 16:39:22 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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