A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 22:55:44 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.248 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 22:55:44 / January 1, 2025 @ 10:55 pm. Event id: us6000pjrv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjrv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2988 East, latitude -16.9313 South, depth = 11.248 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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