A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 04:24:26 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 04:24:26 / February 10, 2025 @ 4:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pej6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pej6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.659 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 167.8347° East, -17.4739° South, depth 30.659 km.
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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