A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.72 km (36 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:49:06 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 16:49:06 / May 9, 2025 @ 4:49 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyal. Unique identifier: us7000pyal. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.3717 East, latitude -17.6712 South, depth = 57.72 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 9 km (5 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila.
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 9 km NE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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