A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 167.4546° East, latitude -17.6909° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:10:46 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/25 / 2025-07-19 16:10:46 / July 19, 2025 @ 4:10 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000qx0r. Event ids that are associated: us6000qx0r.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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