M 4.5 in Vanuatu on 12 Jun 2026 01:53 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 1545800
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 157 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.0083 , 167.4027
Event Date: 12 Jun 2026 01:53 UTC
12 Jun 2026 12:53 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 12 Jun 2026 02:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ssdz Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands -- GFZ 6/12/2026 1:50:00 AM.

BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2132 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 171.5 km, was initially determined to be
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5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands -- GFZ 6/12/2026 1:50:00 AM.

BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2132 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 171.5 km, was initially determined to be
...(more)
5.2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands -- GFZ 6/11/2026 10:04:00 PM.

BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2132 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 171.5 km, was initially determined to be
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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),