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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Port-Vila in Vanuatu

Posted by admin on August 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.2356S, 168.0125WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.986 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:14:17 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 168.0125° East, latitude -18.2356° South, depth = 34.986 km. Event id: us6000qzst. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzst. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 12:14:17 / August 11, 2025 @ 12:14 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 168.0125° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.2356° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.986 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-11 12:14:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-11 12:31:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.879 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qzst Id of event.
Event Code 6000qzst An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qzst, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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