A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us7000pabx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pabx. The epicenter was at a depth of 95.135 km (59 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 04:12:08 / January 22, 2025 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:12:08 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 167.2396° East, -14.8899° South, depth 95.135 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 24 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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