A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 02:41:20 / October 12, 2025 @ 2:41 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:20 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rkpp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkpp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.2572 East, latitude -16.4482 South, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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