A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qqub. Event ids that are associated: us7000qqub. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.0432 East, latitude -15.7566 South, depth = 23.731 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 15:57:28 / August 2, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.731 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:57:28 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 29 km SSW of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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