A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pv2h. Unique identifier: us7000pv2h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:05:42 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 167.1982° East, -14.904° South, depth 112.909 km. Global time and date of event 12/04/25 / 2025-04-12 19:05:42 / April 12, 2025 @ 7:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.909 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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