A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.672 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1a2. Unique identifier: us7000q1a2. Exact location of earthquake, 167.2961° East, -15.0442° South, depth 119.672 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 13:01:19 / May 24, 2025 @ 1:01 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:01:19 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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