A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 239.976 km (149 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:41:36 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 239.976 km, 167.1731° East, -13.1482° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/25 / 2025-10-25 10:41:36 / October 25, 2025 @ 10:41 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rjev. Unique identifier: us6000rjev.

Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 90 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu.

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