Update: 11:29AM TWO earthquakes occurred in the Vanuatu region early this morning but they did not pose any threat to the Fiji region.

At 12:49am, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 kilometres.

It occurred 102km southwest from Lenakel in Vanuatu, 295km south-southeast from Port Vila, 332km northeast from Noumea in New Caledonia and 1043km west-southwest from Suva.

At 1:41am, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 9km and it was 56km southeast from Luganville in Vanuatu, 229km south-southwest from Port Vila, 716km north-northeast from Noumea and 1195km from Suva.

The Mineral Resources Department’s Seismology Unit said they were moderate size earthquakes with shallow depth source location.