A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.426 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000petb. Id of event: us7000petb. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/25 / 2025-02-11 13:15:07 / February 11, 2025 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 34.426 km, 167.7623° East, -17.424° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:15:07 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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