Earthquakes in Vanuatu — November 2025

11 earthquakes were recorded in Vanuatu during November 2025, an average of 0.4 per day.

11 reached magnitude 4 or above and 2 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 210 km.

The month's largest event in Vanuatu was a magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Isangel, Vanuatu on 02 November 2025 at 22:10 UTC. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake radiates roughly 477 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

That is close to the Vanuatu monthly average of 12 events over the period we cover, and level with the 11 recorded the previous month.

45% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 36% intermediate (70–300 km) and 18% deep-focus (over 300 km). That proportion of deep-focus events is the signature of a subduction zone: only a cold slab descending into the mantle stays brittle enough to rupture at those depths.

By band, the catalogue holds 9 in the magnitude 4 range, 2 in the magnitude 5 range.

Activity peaked on 29 November, when 2 events were recorded.

The month's largest events were M5.0 near Isangel, Vanuatu on 02 November at 243 km; M5.0 near Sola, Vanuatu on 29 November at 10 km; M4.9 near Port-Olry, Vanuatu on 14 November at 38 km.

That is 12% below the 12 events Vanuatu averages per month across the 21 months on record.