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Magnitude6.3
RegionVANUATU
Date time2026-10-08 09:00:09.3 UTC
Location-15.531 ; 168.288
Depth10 km
Distance246 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu / pop: 35,900 / local time: 20:00:09.3 2026-10-08
121 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu / pop: 13,300 / local time: 20:00:09.3 2026-10-08
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
Tsunami information at:
US (PTWC)
JAPAN (NWPTAC)
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
British Geological Survey -- Edinburgh, United Kingdom (BGS)
French Polynesian Tsunami Warning Center - CEA -- Papeete, Polynesie Francaise - Tahiti (CPPT)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Türkiye (KOERI)
Instituto Geografico Nacional -- Madrid, Spain (IGN)
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- Honolulu, United States (PTWC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)