A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 13:34:35 / March 25, 2025 @ 1:34 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 169.3953 East, latitude -19.0113 South, depth = 267.858 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 267.858 km (166 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:34:35 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q3r2. Id of event: us6000q3r2.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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