A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.9 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/25 / 2025-07-22 05:31:03 / July 22, 2025 @ 5:31 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:31:03 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.1633 East, latitude -14.4554 South, depth = 97.9 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qyit. Event ids that are associated: us6000qyit.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 65 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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