M 6 in Vanuatu on 24 Jul 2026 21:37 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 1553852
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 44.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.0205 , 166.8006
Event Date: 24 Jul 2026 21:37 UTC
25 Jul 2026 08:37 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 24 Jul 2026 21:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t37a Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Sola, Torba Province, Vanuatu 7/24/2026 10:26:00 PM.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred only 7 minutes ago 75 km southwest of Sola, Vanuatu, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 35. km beneath the epicenter near S
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Urgent: 6.0-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands -- GFZ 7/24/2026 10:11:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2137 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at
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5.5 magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands GFZ 7/24/2026 10:00:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2119 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 14
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Urgent: 6.0 magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands GFZ 7/24/2026 10:00:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2137 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),