M 5.9 in Vanuatu on 10 Feb 2025 00:09 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 1467201
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 18 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4437 , 167.7871
Event Date: 10 Feb 2025 00:09 UTC
10 Feb 2025 11:09 Local
Exposed Population: 90 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2025 01:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000pcjx Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Vanuatu Tourism Surges as Aussies Flock Post-Earthquake 2/13/2025 1:14:00 PM.

Vanuatu is emerging more potent than ever as Australian travellers reaffirm their love for the island nation, fueling a tourism resurgence in the wake of December’s earthquake. Despite initial disruptions following the 7.3-magnitude tremor,
...(more)
Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake (unconfirmed) - Near Coast of Guerrero, M.. 2/13/2025 1:34:00 AM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Santiago Pinotepa Nacional , a town with 30,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 2.3 km (1.4 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking
...(more)
Herman calls for regional emergency plan 2/12/2025 6:15:00 AM.

anuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC) Chief Executive Officer – Mr Francis Herman. making his address during the ABU Pacific Media Partnership Conference at Civic Centre in Suva yesterday. Picture: JONA KONATACI. VANUATU Br
...(more)
Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - Talaud Islands, Indonesia, on Monday, F.. 2/10/2025 6:39:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Pondaguitan , a town with 2,100 inhabitants in the Philippines , in 214 km (133 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaki
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),