A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Saturday. Event id: us6000qknb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qknb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.476 km (18 miles). Exact location, longitude 168.1372° East, latitude -17.6935° South, depth = 28.476 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:06:25 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 02:06:25 / May 31, 2025 @ 2:06 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 19 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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