A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. Exact location, longitude 167.0817° East, latitude -13.4902° South, depth = 173.494 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:33:55 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 11:33:55 / February 8, 2025 @ 11:33 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 173.494 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pdsj. Event ids that are associated: us7000pdsj.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sola (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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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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. 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: 66 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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