A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Sunday. Global time and date of event 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 07:45:34 / June 22, 2025 @ 7:45 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:45:34 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.474 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 168.2501° East, -17.6656° South, depth 63.474 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qana. Unique identifier: us7000qana.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 11 km (7 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 10 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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