A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:45:59 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q7eu. Unique identifier: us6000q7eu. Exact location of earthquake, 168.0266° East, -17.5635° South, depth 43.237 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.237 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/04/25 / 2025-04-20 17:45:59 / April 20, 2025 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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