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Wed, 17 Sep 2025, 12:16 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu, was reported only 12 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 40. km beneath the epicenter late at night on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, at 11:02 pm 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.2 as well.
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 Isangel (pop. 1,400) located 93 km from the epicenter.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Sep 6, 04:35 pm (Efate)

4.6

166 km82 km (51 mi) to the NE Coral Sea, 102 km northwest of Tanna Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu InfoJul 17, 11:36 am (GMT +11)

4.9

10 km104 km (65 mi) to the W Coral Sea, 160 km southwest of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu InfoJul 4, 12:39 am (GMT +11)

5.0

10 km23 km (14 mi) to the NE 78 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu InfoMay 1, 10:06 pm (GMT +11)

4.6

10 km70 km (44 mi) to the S Coral Sea, 70 km southwest of Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu 1 reportInfoApr 25, 09:59 pm (Efate)

4.6

214 km79 km (49 mi) to the NE Tafea Province, 144 km southeast of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu InfoMar 28, 12:20 pm (GMT +11)

5.4

35 km32 km (20 mi) to the NE 71 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu 4 reportsInfoDec 17, 2024 12:47 pm (Efate)

7.3

54 km186 km (115 mi) to the N Coral Sea, 25 km west of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu 50 reportsInfoOct 7, 2024 08:36 pm (Efate)

5.4

145 km64 km (40 mi) to the SE Coral Sea, 24 km west of Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu 1 reportInfoJun 11, 2024 01:56 pm (GMT +11)

5.2

10 km97 km (60 mi) to the S 106 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu InfoDec 7, 2023 11:56 pm (GMT +11)

7.1

48 km166 km (103 mi) to the SE Vanuatu 29 reportsInfoOct 29, 2023 03:32 pm (GMT +11)

6.0

68 km29 km (18 mi) to the E 53 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu 8 reportsInfoNov 8, 2022 12:26 pm (GMT +11)

5.2

10 km97 km (60 mi) to the W Coral Sea,

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