A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qymm. Id of event: us6000qymm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/25 / 2025-07-23 14:44:43 / July 23, 2025 @ 2:44 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.066 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:44:43 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 168.1647 East, latitude -17.8948 South, depth = 7.066 km.

Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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