Vanuatu

Brief · 19 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Vanuatu experienced a cluster of five moderate earthquakes over the past week, ranging from M4.7 to M5.2, with several rated orange severity by GDACS. Exposure estimates ranged from roughly 21,000 to over 52,000 people across the affected areas, with the deepest event occurring at 135 km and the shallowest at 10 km.

Earthquake Five earthquakes struck Vanuatu this week, including an M5.2 event at 135 km depth exposing an estimated 52,871 people, and an M4.9 event 69 km north of Isangel exposing about 23,257 people. Other events included an M4.7 quake at 61 km depth and an M4.9 quake 86 km south-southwest of Isangel at a shallow 10 km depth, each carrying an orange severity rating.

• An M5.2 earthquake in Vanuatu, first tracked on 13 September, is newly reported with an estimated 52,871 people exposed.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:42 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.