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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 66 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Posted by admin on June 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.3323S, 168.4127WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 168.4127° East, -18.3323° South, depth 39.846 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.846 km (25 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qgws. Id of event: us6000qgws. Global time and date of event 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 17:00:43 / May 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:00:43 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 66 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.4127° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.3323° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.846 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-17 17:00:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-10 14:41:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.094 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qgws Id of event.
Event Code 6000qgws An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qgws, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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