A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 15:35:54 / September 8, 2025 @ 3:35 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:35:54 / 3:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.1544 East, latitude -14.3933 South, depth = 171.538 km. Event id: us6000re9r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000re9r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 171.538 km (107 miles).
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 71 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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