A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.905° East, latitude -15.5781° South, depth = 136.338 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rd0g. Unique identifier: us6000rd0g. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 02:41:30 / September 26, 2025 @ 2:41 am. The temblor was detected at 02:41:30 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 136.338 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro (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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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