A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.5315 East, latitude -16.1167 South, depth = 93.206 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rty5. Event ids that are associated: us6000rty5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/25 / 2025-11-22 20:52:51 / November 22, 2025 @ 8:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.206 km (58 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:52:51 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville, Lakatoro. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 12 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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