Vanuatu earthquakes
30 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Vanuatu in the past 30 days: 3 in the past week and 0 in the past 24 hours. The largest: M5.6 89 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu, Sep 6, 4:02 AM GMT+11.
From the USGS, checked Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:58 AM GMT+11. Times are local to each quake. Outside the United States the catalog is complete from about magnitude 4.5; smaller quakes are listed where a network reported them.
Map
Where every quake below was located in Vanuatu. Select one for its page.
Past 30 days
Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.6104 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 4 days ago · 191 km deep
- 4.864 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 5 days ago · 37 km deep
- 4.76 km WSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 6 days ago · 61 km deep
- 4.476 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9 days ago · 35 km deep
- 4.986 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9 days ago · 10 km deep
- 5.243 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 9 days ago · 135 km deep
- 4.539 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 10 days ago · 175 km deep
- 4.9147 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 10 days ago · 17 km deep
- 4.157 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 11 days ago · 113 km deep
- 4.969 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 12 days ago · 19 km deep
- 4.965 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 12 days ago · 50 km deep
- 4.7164 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 105 km deep
- 4.983 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep
- 5.186 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep
- 5.278 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep
- 5.295 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 15 days ago · 10 km deep
- 4.671 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17 days ago · 240 km deep
- 4.795 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17 days ago · 10 km deep
- 5.689 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17 days ago · 9 km deep
- 4.468 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 17 days ago · 175 km deep
- 4.861 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 19 days ago · 114 km deep
- 5.481 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 20 days ago · 73 km deep
- 5.0110 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 21 days ago · 123 km deep
- 4.8190 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 23 days ago · 10 km deep
- 5.0115 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 25 days ago · 10 km deep · felt by 3
- 4.5Vanuatu region · 26 days ago · 10 km deep
- 4.278 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 27 days ago · 255 km deep
- 4.4126 km E of Sola, Vanuatu · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · felt by 1
- 4.598 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 27 days ago · 10 km deep
- 4.5Vanuatu region · 28 days ago · 630 km deep
Largest on record in Vanuatu
The 25 largest in the USGS catalog since 1900, of magnitude 5 and up. Older magnitudes are estimates from historical accounts and early instruments.
By year
Every year the USGS catalog covers.
- 2020s2020202120222023202420252026
- 2010s2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
- 2000s2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
- 1990s1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
- 1980s1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
- 1970s1970197119721973197419751976197719781979
- 1960s1960196119621963196419651966196719681969
- 1950s1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
- 1940s1940194119421943194419451946194719481949
- 1930s1930193119321933193419351936193719381939
- 1920s1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
- 1910s1910191119121913191419151916191719181919
- 1900s1900190119021903190419051906190719081909
What this means
Magnitude measures the energy a quake releases: each step up is about 32 times more energy, so an M6 releases about a thousand times the energy of an M4. Intensity measures the shaking at one place, which depends on the distance, the depth and the ground. One quake has one magnitude and many intensities.
| Intensity | Shaking | What people notice |
|---|---|---|
| I | Not felt | Recorded by instruments only. |
| II to III | Weak | Felt by a few people at rest, mostly on upper floors; hanging objects may swing. |
| IV | Light | Felt indoors by many. Dishes, windows and doors rattle; like a heavy truck passing. |
| V | Moderate | Felt by nearly everyone; sleepers wake. Some dishes break and unstable objects tip over. |
| VI | Strong | Felt by all; heavy furniture moves, plaster cracks. Damage is slight. |
| VII | Very strong | Damage slight to moderate in ordinary buildings, considerable in poorly built ones. |
| VIII | Severe | Considerable damage in ordinary buildings, with partial collapse; chimneys and walls fall. |
| IX and up | Violent to extreme | Heavy damage even in well-designed buildings; many shifted off foundations. |
Did I just feel an earthquake?
A quake appears in these lists within minutes: a few for the US, up to twenty for a quake abroad. Search your town above, or open your state. If it was a quake, tell the USGS through its Did You Feel It? form. If shaking starts: drop, cover and hold on; stay indoors until it stops; near the coast, move to high ground after strong or long shaking without waiting for a warning.
Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.