A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Saturday. Unique identifier: us7000q06z. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q06z. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.001 km (24 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:42:18 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 39.001 km, 166.832° East, -14.7172° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 23:42:18 / May 3, 2025 @ 11:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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