A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lakatoro in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 167.7809 East, latitude -16.4173 South, depth = 50.783 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:43:37 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 06:43:37 / March 9, 2025 @ 6:43 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.783 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzl4. Id of event: us6000pzl4.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakatoro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Lakatoro (c. 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 52 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu.
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