A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 127.744 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qtak. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtak. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.6184 East, latitude -15.0801 South, depth = 127.744 km. The temblor was reported at 12:41:22 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 12:41:22 / August 8, 2025 @ 12:41 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 58 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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