A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.6849° East, latitude -17.3933° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000pckw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pckw. 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 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:48:38 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 05:48:38 / February 10, 2025 @ 5:48 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-seven 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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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: 76 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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