A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.559 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 23.559 km, 167.9348° East, -17.0648° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9zl. Id of event: us7000q9zl. The temblor was detected at 06:35:54 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/06/25 / 2025-06-18 06:35:54 / June 18, 2025 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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