A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Event id: us7000qr92. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qr92. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/08/25 / 2025-08-27 05:37:35 / August 27, 2025 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:37:35 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.685 km (28 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.3707 East, latitude -16.2862 South, depth = 44.685 km.
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 21 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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