A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. Unique identifier: us6000reme. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000reme. Exact location of earthquake, 169.4773° East, -19.4183° South, depth 260.922 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 260.922 km (162 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 18:12:33 / October 3, 2025 @ 6:12 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:12:33 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km ENE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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