A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 167.1765 East, latitude -14.5332 South, depth = 145.681 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/25 / 2025-05-06 15:03:32 / May 6, 2025 @ 3:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.681 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000q0tj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0tj. The temblor was reported at 15:03:32 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 57 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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