A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 20:08:45 / October 9, 2025 @ 8:08 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:08:45 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 142.628 km (89 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfvu. Unique identifier: us6000rfvu. Exact location, longitude 167.4705° East, latitude -15.3721° South, depth = 142.628 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville.
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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 36 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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