A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 170 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu (106 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000rgua. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 08:59:21 / October 13, 2025 @ 8:59 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 169.7044° East, latitude -21.0283° South, depth = 118.571 km. The temblor was detected at 08:59:21 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.571 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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