A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/25 / 2025-02-11 08:26:56 / February 11, 2025 @ 8:26 am. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 169.4232° East, -18.7396° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:26:56 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pesm. Unique identifier: us7000pesm.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel. Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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