A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 07:57:26 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qu6s. Unique identifier: us6000qu6s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.416 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3503 East, latitude -15.2949 South, depth = 118.416 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/25 / 2025-07-10 07:57:26 / July 10, 2025 @ 7:57 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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