{"id":551482,"date":"2026-03-21T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551482\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:52:22","slug":"strong-mag-5-7-earthquake-coral-sea-60-km-southwest-of-luganville-sanma-province-vanuatu-on-saturday-mar-21-2026-at-0221-pm-gmt-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551482\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Mag. 5.7 Earthquake – Coral Sea, 60 km Southwest of Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu, on Saturday, Mar 21, 2026, at 02:21 pm (GMT +11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date and Time\"\"\/Mag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap
\n Feb 23, 02:12 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

5.0<\/p>\n

187\u00a0km105\u00a0km (65\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" 50 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Feb 22, 12:22 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

5.1<\/p>\n

10\u00a0km71\u00a0km (44\u00a0mi) to the NW\"\" 60 km W of Luganville, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Feb 11, 07:03 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

4.9<\/p>\n

129\u00a0km65\u00a0km (41\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 37 km SE of Luganville, Vanuatu 4 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Nov 20, 2025 09:39 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

4.7<\/p>\n

192\u00a0km101\u00a0km (63\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 45 km south of Aoba Island<\/a>, Penama Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> 1 report<\/a>Info<\/a>Oct 10, 2025 07:08 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

4.8<\/p>\n

143\u00a0km92\u00a0km (57\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 37 km northeast of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Dec 17, 2024 12:47 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.3<\/p>\n

54\u00a0km225\u00a0km (140\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 25 km west of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> 50 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Sep 29, 2023 01:40 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.1<\/p>\n

125\u00a0km100\u00a0km (62\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 62 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu 11 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Jan 8, 2023 11:32 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

29\u00a0km118\u00a0km (73\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" 23 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 10 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Aug 14, 2022 02:11 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

5.8<\/p>\n

21\u00a0km32\u00a0km (20\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 29 km SSW of Luganville, Vanuatu 6 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Apr 10, 2022 07:52 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.3<\/p>\n

17\u00a0km35\u00a0km (22\u00a0mi) to the S\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 69 km west of Malakula Island<\/a>, Malampa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> 2 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Jan 10, 2021 05:48 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.0<\/p>\n

166\u00a0km96\u00a0km (60\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 44 km east of Norsup<\/a>, Malampa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> 1 report<\/a>Info<\/a>Jul 2, 2019 04:13 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

5.9<\/p>\n

115\u00a0km85\u00a0km (53\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 36 km east of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> 10 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Mar 21, 2019 02:24 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.1<\/p>\n

137\u00a0km79\u00a0km (49\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 44 km east of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> 10 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Apr 29, 2016 06:33 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

27\u00a0km53\u00a0km (33\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Vanuatu Islands 2 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Oct 21, 2015 08:52 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

136\u00a0km142\u00a0km (88\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" Vanuatu Islands 8 reports<\/a>Info<\/a>Feb 3, 2012 12:34 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.1<\/p>\n

23\u00a0km204\u00a0km (127\u00a0mi) to the S\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 125 km west of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Aug 21, 2011 05:19 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.1<\/p>\n

28\u00a0km291\u00a0km (181\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" 64 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Aug 21, 2011 03:55 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

32\u00a0km293\u00a0km (182\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" 71 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Aug 10, 2010 04:23 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.3<\/p>\n

25\u00a0km210\u00a0km (131\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 34 km northwest of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>May 28, 2010 04:14 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

31\u00a0km258\u00a0km (161\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 50 km south of Tegua Island<\/a>, Torba Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Mar 12, 2008 10:36 pm (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.3<\/p>\n

10\u00a0km61\u00a0km (38\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" 49 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Mar 12, 2008 10:23 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.4<\/p>\n

13\u00a0km77\u00a0km (48\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" 52 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Aug 2, 2007 04:08 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

120\u00a0km93\u00a0km (58\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 56 km east of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Aug 8, 2006 09:18 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.8<\/p>\n

150\u00a0km96\u00a0km (60\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 43 km west of Pentecost Island<\/a>, Penama Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jan 3, 2002 04:22 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

21\u00a0km203\u00a0km (126\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 51 km west of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jan 10, 2001 03:49 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.1<\/p>\n

103\u00a0km123\u00a0km (76\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 52 km northeast of Espiritu Santo Island<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Oct 5, 2000 03:58 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

23\u00a0km65\u00a0km (40\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" 29 km WNW of Luganville, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Nov 27, 1999 12:21 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

33\u00a0km146\u00a0km (91\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 4.8 km northwest of Paama Island<\/a>, Malampa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Nov 16, 1997 05:59 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

123\u00a0km108\u00a0km (67\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 48 km northeast of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jul 13, 1994 02:13 pm (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.7<\/p>\n

33\u00a0km96\u00a0km (60\u00a0mi) to the S\"\" 80 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Jul 13, 1994 01:35 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

33\u00a0km94\u00a0km (58\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 76 km southwest of Ambrym Island<\/a>, Malampa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Feb 13, 1992 12:29 pm (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.8<\/p>\n

9.6\u00a0km65\u00a0km (41\u00a0mi) to the W\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 99 km southwest of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jul 27, 1990 11:37 pm (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

126\u00a0km93\u00a0km (58\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 37 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Mar 6, 1990 03:38 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.1<\/p>\n

21\u00a0km284\u00a0km (177\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 70 km south of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Feb 19, 1990 05:48 pm (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

12\u00a0km83\u00a0km (52\u00a0mi) to the NW\"\" 83 km W of Luganville, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Jun 6, 1988 05:22 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.5<\/p>\n

110\u00a0km98\u00a0km (61\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 46 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Feb 24, 1987 02:49 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

234\u00a0km105\u00a0km (66\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Vanuatu Info<\/a>Dec 21, 1985 12:13 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.1<\/p>\n

43\u00a0km231\u00a0km (144\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" 112 km W of Sola, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Nov 28, 1985 02:49 pm (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

33\u00a0km238\u00a0km (148\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 95 km southwest of Tegua Island<\/a>, Torba Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jan 10, 1974 07:51 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

34\u00a0km175\u00a0km (109\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 71 km north of Port-Olry<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Dec 31, 1973 03:39 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.6<\/p>\n

10\u00a0km63\u00a0km (39\u00a0mi) to the NW\"\" Vanuatu Info<\/a>Dec 29, 1973 11:19 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

47\u00a0km99\u00a0km (61\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 24 km north of Espiritu Santo Island<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Dec 29, 1973 12:41 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

26\u00a0km175\u00a0km (109\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" 81 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Info<\/a>May 4, 1972 06:48 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

51\u00a0km66\u00a0km (41\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 19 km northeast of Norsup<\/a>, Malampa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Oct 28, 1971 04:58 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.8<\/p>\n

45\u00a0km59\u00a0km (37\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 11 km SE of Luganville, Vanuatu Info<\/a>Aug 13, 1965 11:40 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

25\u00a0km5.8\u00a0km (3.6\u00a0mi) to the E\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 46 km west of Norsup<\/a>, Malampa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Aug 12, 1965 07:01 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

30\u00a0km56\u00a0km (35\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Vanuatu Info<\/a>Aug 12, 1965 09:31 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.6<\/p>\n

30\u00a0km25\u00a0km (15\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 39 km south of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Aug 12, 1965 06:52 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

30\u00a0km41\u00a0km (25\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" 20 km south of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Aug 11, 1965 02:40 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

25\u00a0km62\u00a0km (39\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" 21 km west of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>May 20, 1965 11:40 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.7<\/p>\n

120\u00a0km147\u00a0km (91\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 87 km northeast of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jul 10, 1964 03:39 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.1<\/p>\n

130\u00a0km96\u00a0km (59\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 54 km east of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jul 5, 1964 11:00 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

0\u00a0km72\u00a0km (45\u00a0mi) to the NW\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 49 km southwest of Espiritu Santo Island<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jul 24, 1961 08:51 am (GMT +11)<\/p>\n

7.3<\/p>\n

25\u00a0km294\u00a0km (183\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 64 km south of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Dec 2, 1950 07:51 pm (Universal Time)<\/p>\n

7.9<\/p>\n

30\u00a0km275\u00a0km (171\u00a0mi) to the S\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 99 km southwest of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Jan 5, 1946 07:57 pm (Universal Time)<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

35\u00a0km69\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 38 km southeast of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Aug 31, 1919 05:20 pm (Universal Time)<\/p>\n

6.7<\/p>\n

35\u00a0km72\u00a0km (45\u00a0mi) to the NE\"\" Vanuatu Info<\/a>Nov 11, 1913 08:12 am (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

0\u00a0km313\u00a0km (195\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 78 km east of Port Vila<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Nov 9, 1910 06:01 am (Universal Time)<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

20\u00a0km31\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi) to the S\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 85 km south of Luganville<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>Apr 10, 1909 05:23 am (Universal Time)<\/p>\n

7.3<\/p>\n

0\u00a0km112\u00a0km (70\u00a0mi) to the N\"\" 9.1 km northwest of Port-Olry<\/a>, Sanma Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a>May 13, 1903 05:34 pm (Efate)<\/p>\n

7.9<\/p>\n

0\u00a0km160\u00a0km (99\u00a0mi) to the SE\"\" Coral Sea<\/a>, 63 km northwest of Nguna Island<\/a>, Shefa Province<\/a>, Vanuatu<\/a> Info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Date and TimeMagDepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Feb 23, 02:12 pm (Efate) 5.0 187\u00a0km105\u00a0km (65\u00a0mi) to the E 50 km E of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-551482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}