A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.1653° East, latitude -14.4218° South, depth = 124.522 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:09:53 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8xk. Id of event: us7000q8xk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 124.522 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 08:09:53 / June 12, 2025 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 69 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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