A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 03:08:28 / December 17, 2024 @ 3:08 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000phgr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phgr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:08:28 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.116 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 168.0907 East, latitude -17.639 South, depth = 49.116 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-five 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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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: 25 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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