M 5.7 in Vanuatu on 07 Oct 2025 22:36 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 1503996
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.643 , 168.1561
Event Date: 07 Oct 2025 22:36 UTC
08 Oct 2025 09:36 Local
Exposed Population: 5 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2025 00:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rfhk Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

5.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Vanuatu Islands 10/8/2025 4:51:00 AM.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck Vanuatu Islands at 2236 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter , with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15.68 degrees south latitude
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Vanuatu 10/8/2025 2:58:00 AM.

SYDNEY, October 8. /TASS/. A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Vanuatu, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported. The epicenter was located 233 km northwest of the city of Port Vila, which has a pop
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Quake measuring 5.7 hits Vanuatu Islands: GFZ 10/8/2025 2:47:00 AM.

Beijing, Oct. 8 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2236 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15.68 de
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5.7-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands -- GFZ 10/7/2025 11:31:00 PM.

BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 2236 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),