A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu on Saturday. Global time and date of event 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 15:49:07 / May 3, 2025 @ 3:49 pm 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 35.088 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 167.9858° East, latitude -17.5155° South, depth = 35.088 km. The temblor was detected at 15:49:07 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pwx4. Id of event: us7000pwx4.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila. Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 42 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.

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