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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 69 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu


Earthquake location -13.3567S, 167.1944WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The temblor was reported at 08:19:31 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/25 / 2025-06-11 08:19:31 / June 11, 2025 @ 8:19 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 225.041 km (140 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjil. Unique identifier: us6000qjil. Exact location of event, longitude 167.1944 East, latitude -13.3567 South, depth = 225.041 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.1944° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.3567° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 225.041 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-11 08:19:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-11 08:36:55 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 416 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.078 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qjil Id of event.
Event Code 6000qjil An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qjil, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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