A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pkfn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkfn. Global time and date of event 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 23:06:57 / January 4, 2025 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:06:57 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 158.637 km (99 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.8946 East, latitude -15.2488 South, depth = 158.637 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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