A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm24. Unique identifier: us6000pm24. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:23 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 07:35:23 / January 14, 2025 @ 7:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.54 km (12 miles). Exact location, longitude 168.2932° East, latitude -17.7971° South, depth = 19.54 km.
The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 7 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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