A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 10:43:55 / December 19, 2024 @ 10:43 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 168.1043° East, -17.6412° South. Unique identifier: us6000phir. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phir. The temblor was detected at 10:43:55 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 24 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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