A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Isangel in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 11:23:23 / July 18, 2025 @ 11:23 am. Unique identifier: us6000qwm5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qwm5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.6307 East, latitude -19.0772 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 11:23:23 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Isangel (c. 1 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isangel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu.

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