A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Wednesday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:30:22 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.1986 East, latitude -17.9465 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pie3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pie3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/24 / 2024-12-25 08:30:22 / December 25, 2024 @ 8:30 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 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 nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days eighty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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