A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The epicenter was at a depth of 138.286 km (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 168.9742 East, latitude -19.514 South, depth = 138.286 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rdb2. Unique identifier: us6000rdb2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/25 / 2025-09-27 09:49:28 / September 27, 2025 @ 9:49 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:49:28 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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