A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9uq. Unique identifier: us7000p9uq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.7653 East, latitude -15.5534 South, depth = 127.99 km. Global time and date of event 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 00:27:33 / January 19, 2025 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:27:33 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 127.99 km (80 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-two 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. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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