Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Sola in Vanuatu

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, 166.6671° East, -13.7968° South, depth 70.085 km. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:10:52 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 70.085 km (44 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rdan. Id of event: us6000rdan. Global time and date of event 27/09/25 / 2025-09-27 08:10:52 / September 27, 2025 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km W of Sola, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	166.6671° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-13.7968° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	70.085 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	96 km W of Sola, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-27 08:10:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-27 08:32:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.107	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	465	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	7.091	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	50	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rdan	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rdan	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rdan,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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