A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 198.622 km (123 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.4498° East, latitude -13.8203° South, depth = 198.622 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:15:05 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pviz. Id of event: us7000pviz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/25 / 2025-04-28 12:15:05 / April 28, 2025 @ 12:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 12 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu.
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