Oceania
Earthquakes in Vanuatu
Every earthquake in and around Vanuatu since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days115M2.5+
Past year450M2.5+
Magnitude 6+618since 1900
StrongestM 8.11920 · 1920 Vanuatu Earthquake
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Vanuatu
- 8.1 1920 Vanuatu Earthquake Sep 20, 1920
- 7.9 99 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Dec 2, 1950
- 7.8 28 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu Jun 16, 1910
- 7.8 196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Oct 7, 2009
- 7.8 186 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu Dec 17, 1957
- 7.7 148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Oct 7, 2009
- 7.7 171 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu Apr 21, 1997
- 7.7 45 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu May 20, 1965
- 7.6 31 km S of Luganville, Vanuatu Aug 11, 1965
- 7.6 63 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu Oct 14, 1913
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.6 59 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Oct 29, 2026
- 6.2 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 29, 2026
- 4.9 111 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Oct 29, 2026
- 4.9 117 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 29, 2026
- 5.4 109 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu Oct 29, 2026
- 5.0 200 km W of Sola, Vanuatu Oct 28, 2026
- 5.6 174 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 28, 2026
- 6.0 214 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 28, 2026
- 5.2 220 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 28, 2026
- 4.8 217 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 28, 2026
- 5.5 221 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 28, 2026
- 5.2 191 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 27, 2026
- 5.0 184 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 27, 2026
- 5.0 206 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 27, 2026
- 5.8 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 27, 2026