A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.7302 East, latitude -17.9178 South, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pk6y. Id of event: us6000pk6y. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:41:58 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 19:41:58 / January 3, 2025 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 65 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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