A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pua3. Id of event: us7000pua3. Global time and date of event 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 16:55:33 / April 22, 2025 @ 4:55 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 200.208 km, 167.1245° East, -13.1186° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 200.208 km (124 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:55:33 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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