A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 21:41:39 / December 30, 2024 @ 9:41 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:41:39 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.684 km (110 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pj71. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pj71. Exact location, longitude 167.5825° East, latitude -15.4455° South, depth = 177.684 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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