4.8MAG
LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
98 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
USGS
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 98 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on 29 Sept 2026, 11:27 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 18.23°S
- Time
- 11:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.8
shallow
167.54°E longitude
29 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
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MAGNITUDE 4.8
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 500 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 239 tonnes of TNT.
10 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
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