A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Luganville in Vanuatu on Monday. Global time and date of event 10/03/25 / 2025-03-10 04:50:56 / March 10, 2025 @ 4:50 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 116.344 km (72 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.4201 East, latitude -15.3807 South, depth = 116.344 km. The temblor was detected at 04:50:56 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pxwe. Event ids that are associated: us6000pxwe.
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro, Luganville.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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