A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.042 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000rj7u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rj7u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 01:00:30 / October 5, 2025 @ 1:00 am. Exact location of earthquake, 166.8102° East, -14.9255° South, depth 45.042 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:00:30 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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