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Thursday, Jan 1, 2026 21:52 | 36 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred only 16 minutes ago 117 km southeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu, the United States Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 142.62 km beneath the epicenter near Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, in the morning on Friday, January 2nd, 2026, at 8:35 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 5.3, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.1, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.1.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Isangel (pop. 1,400) located 108 km from the epicenter, Pango (pop. 2,500) 114 km away, and Port Vila
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