A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Exact location of event, longitude 167.1651 East, latitude -14.7032 South, depth = 170.96 km. The temblor was detected at 20:41:59 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 170.96 km (106 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/25 / 2025-12-23 20:41:59 / December 23, 2025 @ 8:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000rkfp. Event ids that are associated: us7000rkfp.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 38 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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