A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000q8h0. Event ids that are associated: us7000q8h0. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:01:48 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/25 / 2025-06-09 22:01:48 / June 9, 2025 @ 10:01 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.6949 East, latitude -15.5398 South, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km W of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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