A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.0791° East, -17.7488° South, depth 35 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:55:03 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmix. Unique identifier: us6000pmix. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 06:55:03 / January 27, 2025 @ 6:55 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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