A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 17:20:56 / December 27, 2024 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:20:56 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pin5. Id of event: us6000pin5. 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). Exact location, longitude 167.8241° East, latitude -17.8905° South, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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