A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 227.522 km (141 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:12:27 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 167.3955° East, latitude -14.632° South, depth = 227.522 km. 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: 25/10/25 / 2025-10-25 08:12:27 / October 25, 2025 @ 8:12 am. Id of earthquake: us6000rjeg. Event ids that are associated: us6000rjeg.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Sola (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 57 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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