A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.8367 East, latitude -17.4398 South, depth = 24.904 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 03:02:54 / March 25, 2025 @ 3:02 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.904 km (15 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q3ql. Unique identifier: us6000q3ql. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:02:54 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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