A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 169.4761 East, latitude -18.8464 South, depth = 249.382 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 249.382 km (155 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:48:22 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rjjs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rjjs. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/25 / 2025-10-26 11:48:22 / October 26, 2025 @ 11:48 am.
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel.
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 79 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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