A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Monday. Unique identifier: us7000pejp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pejp. 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 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.845 East, latitude -17.5302 South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 12:22:28 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 12:22:28 / February 10, 2025 @ 12:22 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 54 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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