M 7.3 in Vanuatu on 30 Mar 2026 08:44 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1531826
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.3M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000042-VUT
Depth: 121.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.3139 , 167.5616
Event Date: 30 Mar 2026 08:44 UTC
30 Mar 2026 19:44 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2026 17:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0 0.7
us7000s8q0 Scaled population (raster) 2.36 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),