M 5.4 earthquake – 184 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
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Local time: Oct 19, 2026 · 19:12 (UTC+11)
ModerateShallow · 10 kmPAGER green
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- Magnitude
- 5.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -14.139, 165.638492 km from Port-Vila
- Energy released
- 1.9 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 3.4max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 52M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 449USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 19, 2026.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.9 kilotons of TNT, 4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
52 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.9 202 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 5.4 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 4.8 212 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 4.2 191 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 5.7 198 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 5.7 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 4.3 196 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 19, 2026
- 5.0 193 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 20, 2026
- 4.8 199 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 20, 2026
- 6.3 197 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu Oct 20, 2026
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Vanuatu.
- 7.9 199 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands Jul 17, 1980
- 7.8 196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Oct 7, 2009
- 7.8 146 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands Dec 31, 1966
- 7.8 186 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu Dec 17, 1957
- 7.7 148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu Oct 7, 2009
- 7.7 171 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu Apr 21, 1997
- 7.7 45 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu May 20, 1965
- 7.7 138 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands Jul 18, 1934
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.