A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 18:35:55 / March 21, 2025 @ 6:35 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:35:55 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnei. Unique identifier: us7000pnei. Exact location of event, longitude 167.1249 East, latitude -15.0222 South, depth = 129.918 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.918 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luganville (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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