A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 168.3629 East, latitude -19.7337 South, depth = 54.402 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.402 km (34 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:55:31 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rdvq. Id of event: us7000rdvq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 06:55:31 / November 26, 2025 @ 6:55 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel. Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 98 km WSW of Isangel, Vanuatu.
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