A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.7851 East, latitude -19.3493 South, depth = 27.756 km. Event id: us6000rfqj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rfqj. The temblor was detected at 00:27:07 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.756 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 00:27:07 / October 9, 2025 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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