A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The temblor was detected at 00:07:18 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pyv8. Event ids that are associated: us6000pyv8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.32 East, latitude -14.7877 South, depth = 122.074 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122.074 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/25 / 2025-03-07 00:07:18 / March 7, 2025 @ 12:07 am.
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 38 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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