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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Port-Vila in Vanuatu


Earthquake location -17.5549S, 167.7875WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 00:16:03 / February 10, 2025 @ 12:16 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pck0. Event ids that are associated: us7000pck0. The temblor was reported at 00:16:03 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.7875 East, latitude -17.5549 South, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 59 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 167.7875° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.5549° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-10 00:16:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-10 00:32:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 432 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.17 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pck0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pck0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pck0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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