• Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits Vanuatu

    A shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit Vanuatu at 02:10 UTC on December 19, 2015. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). According to the USGS, the epicenter was located 128km (80mi) N of Isangel and 135km (84mi) ESE of Port-Vila,…

  • Very strong M7.5 earthquake hits Vanuatu

    A very strong earthquake registered as M7.5 by Geoscience Australia hit Vanuatu at 21:52 UTC on October 20, 2015. The agency is reporting depth of 125 km (77.8 miles). USGS is reporting M7.1 at a depth of 127 km (78.9 miles). According to the USGS, epicenter was…

  • Strong and shallow M6.6 earthquake hit Vanuatu

    A strong and shallow M6.6 (Geoscience Australia) earthquake was registered off the coast of Vanuatu at 13:18 UTC on February 19, 2015. Geoscience Australia is reporting depth of 39 km (24.2 miles). USGS is reporting M6.4 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).There are about 5

  • Very strong and deep M6.8 earthquake hits off Vanuatu

    A very strong and deep M6.8 earthquake was registered off the Pacific island of Vanuatu at 03:47 UTC on January 23, 2015. USGS is reporting depth of 218.5 km (135.7 miles). Geoscience Australia is reporting M6.5 at a depth of 201 km (124 miles).According to USGS, epicen

  • Strong M6.3 earthquake registered near Port-Vila, Vanuatu

    A strong earthquake measuring M6.3 on the Richter scale hit Vanuatu on July 8, 2014, at 12:56 UTC. USGS reports depth of 114 km (70.8 miles). Geosciece Australia is reporting M6.0 (Mwp) at depth od 100 km.Epicenter was located 13 km (8 miles) NNE of&

  • Strong M6.4 earthquake registered off the coast of Vanuatu

    Earthquake registered as M6.4 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Vanuatu on June 19, 2014 at 10:17 UTC. USGS reports depth of 59.9 km (37.2 miles), EMSC is reporting same magnitude at depth of 60 km.Epicenter was located 85 km (53 miles) WNW of Sola, and 219 k

  • Strong earthquake M 6.0 struck Vanuatu

    Strong earthquake M 6.0 struck Vanuatu region on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 22:49 UTC. Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (37 miles) NE of Isangel, Vanuatu and 204 km (126 miles) SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu at coordinates 19.135°S, 169.637°E. Depth of the

  • Strong and shallow earthquake M6.0 struck Vanuatu region

    A strong and shallow earthquake M6.0 struck Vanuatu region on March 24, 2013 at 08:13:44 UTC. Epicenter of the earthquake was 454 km (282 miles) ESE (108°) from Isangel, Vanuatu and 602 km (374 miles) WSW (240°) from SUVA, Fiji at coordinates 20.777°S,

  • Strong earthquake magnitude 6.5 occurred at Vanuatu

    Strong and shallow earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.5 struck Vanuatu on April 14, 2012 at 22:05 UTC. The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) NW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu (18.998°S, 168.771°E). Recorded depth was 8.7 km (5.4 miles).No tsunami warning was

  • Very strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu

    Very strong earthquake of magnitude 6.7, reported by USGS, hit Vanuatu on Friday, March 09, 2012 at 07:09:54 UTC. First reported magnitude was 7,1, later downgraded to 6,7. So far there are no reports on damage. Reported depth is 36.8 km (22.9 miles). The nearest