Just 8 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Isangel, Tafea Province, Vanuatu. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Friday, April 3rd, 2026, at 10:22 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 250. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.6 earthquake as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.6.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Isangel (pop. 1,400) located 69 km from the epicenter.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 via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Apr 3, 2026 10:22 am (Efate time) local time (2 Apr 2026 23:22 GMT)Magnitude: 5.6Depth: 250.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 18.95°S / 169.46°E (Vanuatu)Primary data source: EMSC