Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Isangel in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -19.0127S, 169.8267WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 250.631 km (156 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 169.8267 East, latitude -19.0127 South, depth = 250.631 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/25 / 2025-10-27 06:39:26 / October 27, 2025 @ 6:39 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:39:26 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnsk. Id of event: us6000rnsk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

How would you describe the shaking?

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: 81 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.8267° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.0127° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 250.631 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-27 06:39:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-19 08:40:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.217 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rnsk Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnsk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnsk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply