A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 17:38:36 / May 11, 2025 @ 5:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 168.0526 East, latitude -17.7043 South, depth = 25.396 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.396 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:38:36 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pypf. Event ids that are associated: us7000pypf.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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