Overall Green Earthquake in Vanuatu on 31 May 2026 02:48 UTC

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M 5 in Vanuatu on 31 May 2026 02:48 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1543417
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-17.3616 , 167.751
Event Date:	31 May 2026 02:48 UTC 31 May 2026 13:48 Local
Exposed Population:	100 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at:	31 May 2026 03:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Vanuatu)

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000splm	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Latest media headlines

Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - New Caledonia: Vanuatu Islands Region on .. 6/3/2026 10:57:00 AM.

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NZ Army Engineer Awarded DSD For Emergency Responses In Vanuatu 5/31/2026 8:48:00 PM.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Rob Allen has been awarded the Distinguished Service Decoration for his response to two very different emergencies in Vanuatu (Phpto/Sipplied) Warrant Officer Class 2 Rob Allen’s DSD, for services to the New Zealand

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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