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Magnitude5.5
RegionVANUATU
Date time2026-05-16 15:58:04.6 UTC
Location-17.885 ; 169.154
Depth9 km
Distance564 km NNE of Nouméa, New Caledonia / pop: 93,000 / local time: 02:58:04.6 2026-05-17
90 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu / pop: 35,900 / local time: 02:58:04.6 2026-05-17
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
British Geological Survey -- Edinburgh, United Kingdom (BGS)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) -- New-York, United States (GCMT)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Ukrainian NDC, Main Center of Special Monitoring -- Kyiv, Ukraine (MCSM)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)