A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 21:27:38 / August 19, 2025 @ 9:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.983 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000r276. Event ids that are associated: us6000r276. Exact location of event, longitude 167.2647 East, latitude -13.2106 South, depth = 192.983 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:27:38 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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