A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.703 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 167.7898 East, latitude -17.4704 South, depth = 22.703 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pekf. Event ids that are associated: us7000pekf. The temblor was picked up at 01:24:20 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 01:24:20 / February 10, 2025 @ 1:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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