A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzkb. Unique identifier: us7000pzkb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:57:03 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.713 km (41 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 14:57:03 / May 16, 2025 @ 2:57 pm. Exact location, longitude 168.2687° East, latitude -17.7351° South, depth = 65.713 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 6 km (4 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 4 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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