A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:55:10 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 20:55:10 / January 17, 2025 @ 8:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.4719 East, latitude -16.7125 South, depth = 27.794 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.794 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmlf. Id of event: us6000pmlf.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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