A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 09:58:43 / February 9, 2025 @ 9:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.6662 East, latitude -15.5608 South, depth = 121.854 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.854 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:58:43 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pcgw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcgw.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakatoro, Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 54 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu.
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