A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.857 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 16:59:46 / July 29, 2025 @ 4:59 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 168.1644 East, latitude -15.8409 South, depth = 187.857 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0pj. Id of event: us6000r0pj. The temblor was picked up at 16:59:46 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 85 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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