A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 167.1616 East, latitude -13.9013 South, depth = 160.01 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 06:13:31 / December 15, 2024 @ 6:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 160.01 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:13:31 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000ph7b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ph7b.
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km W of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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