A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 168.1055° East, latitude -17.7213° South, depth = 33.814 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q3nr. Unique identifier: us6000q3nr. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/25 / 2025-04-03 13:58:13 / April 3, 2025 @ 1:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.814 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:58:13 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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