A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000re1b. Id of event: us6000re1b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:36:39 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 167.9642° East, -17.778° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/25 / 2025-09-07 11:36:39 / September 7, 2025 @ 11:36 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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