A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Id of earthquake: us6000pkq9. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkq9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 138.621 km, 167.4993° East, -14.8263° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 17:34:33 / January 17, 2025 @ 5:34 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:34:33 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 138.621 km (86 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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