Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Norsup in Vanuatu

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Norsup in Vanuatu on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 192.081 km, 167.8391° East, -15.7885° South. Global time and date of event 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 22:39:15 / November 19, 2025 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000rp8s. Event ids that are associated: us6000rp8s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.081 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:39:15 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville, Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	167.8391° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.7885° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	192.081 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-19 22:39:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-19 22:55:55	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	340	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us6000rp8s	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rp8s	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rp8s,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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