A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Global time and date of event 15/04/25 / 2025-04-15 01:36:24 / April 15, 2025 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 168.079° East, -18.2162° South. The temblor was reported at 01:36:24 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q638. Event ids that are associated: us6000q638. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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