A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 35.961 km, 166.7128° East, -14.9799° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rt5b. Event ids that are associated: us6000rt5b. Global time and date of event 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 13:25:13 / December 7, 2025 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.961 km (22 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:25:13 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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