A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 168.6688° East, -17.6647° South, depth 226.917 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r30q. Unique identifier: us6000r30q. The temblor was picked up at 12:52:57 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.917 km (141 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 12:52:57 / August 22, 2025 @ 12:52 pm.

Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (23 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 38 km ENE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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