M 5.6 in Vanuatu on 23 Dec 2025 20:41 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 1516422
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 171 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.7032 , 167.1651
Event Date: 23 Dec 2025 20:41 UTC
24 Dec 2025 07:41 Local
Exposed Population: 130 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2025 21:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rkfp Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

5.6-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu -- USGS 12/24/2025 1:29:00 AM.

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Vanuatu at 2041 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 171 km, was initially determined to be at 14.7 degrees south latitude
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu -- USGS 12/24/2025 1:29:00 AM.

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Vanuatu at 2041 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 171 km, was initially determined to be at 14.7 degrees south latitude
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu -- USGS 12/23/2025 9:59:00 PM.

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.
Preview 5.6 magnitude quake hits Vanuatu USGS 12/23/2025 9:30:00 PM.

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Vanuatu at 2041 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 171 km, was initially determined to be at 14.7 degrees south latitude
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),