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Tue, 12 Aug 2025, 13:22 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred late at night on Tuesday, August 12th, 2025, at 11:58 pm local time near Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a moderately shallow depth of 35. km. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.1.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Port-Olry (pop. 2,000) located 43 km from the epicenter, Luganville (pop. 13,400) 95 km away, and Sola (pop. 1,200) 97 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 8, 04:34 pm (GMT +11)

4.6

144 km55 km (34 mi) to the SE Coral Sea, 59 km northeast of Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu  I FELT IT – 2 reportsInfoAug 3, 09:51 am (GMT +11)

5.0

10 km53 km (33 mi) to the E Coral Sea, 76 km northwest of Maewo Island, Penama Province, Vanuatu  I FELT IT InfoJul 31, 02:55 am (GMT +11)

4.8

186 km24 km (15 mi) to the NW Coral Sea, 49 km west of Gaua Island, Torba Province, Vanuatu InfoJun 1, 02:48 pm (Efate)

4.6

10 km106 km (66 mi) to the SE Coral Sea, 15 km northwest of Maewo Island, Penama Province, Vanuatu InfoMay 30, 03:01 pm (GMT +11)

4.6

198 km29 km (18 mi) to the NE Coral Sea, 22 km southwest of Gaua Island, Torba Province, Vanuatu InfoMay 28, 07:57 pm (Efate)

5.9

202 km40 km (25 mi) to the N 52 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu 1 reportInfoMay 27, 08:21 pm (Efate)

4.9

113 km88 km (54 mi) to the S Coral Sea, 32 km northeast of Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu 4 reportsInfoMar 22, 11:51 pm (GMT +11)

5.3

125 km61 km (38 mi) to the N 63 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu InfoNov 17, 2024 02:43 am (Efate)

4.9

130 km25 km (15 mi) to the S Coral Sea, 67 km northeast of Marina Island, Sanma Province, Vanuatu InfoNov 22, 2023 03:47 pm (Efate)

6.7

13 km94 km (58 mi) to the SE 97 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 3 reportsInfoJan 8, 2023 11:32 pm (Efate)

7.0

29 km49 km (30 mi) to the SW 23 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 10 reportsInfoAug

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