A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.432 km (75 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 15:13:39 / November 15, 2025 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:13:39 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rs91. Unique identifier: us6000rs91. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.6284 East, latitude -14.9848 South, depth = 121.432 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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