A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pwt5. Id of event: us6000pwt5. Exact location of event, longitude 168.0297 East, latitude -17.3919 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 03:32:24 / February 23, 2025 @ 3:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:32:24 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 48 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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