A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.669 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 12:30:12 / August 11, 2025 @ 12:30 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000qu40. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qu40. The temblor was picked up at 12:30:12 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 168.0866° East, -17.7836° South, depth 42.669 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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