A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 168.1436 East, latitude -17.6887 South, depth = 42.788 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 23:55:48 / September 13, 2025 @ 11:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rf4y. Id of event: us6000rf4y. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.788 km (27 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:55:48 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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