A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000r0pc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0pc. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:45:48 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.671 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 13:45:48 / July 29, 2025 @ 1:45 pm. Exact location, longitude 167.9304° East, latitude -18.1853° South, depth = 25.671 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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