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M 5.7 earthquake – 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

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Local time: Oct 20, 2026 · 05:55 (UTC+11)

ModerateShallow · 10 kmPAGER green Reviewed by a seismologist
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Magnitude
5.7body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
10 kmShallow earthquake
Epicenter
-14.027, 165.497511 km from Port-Vila
Energy released
5.4 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
Felt reports
—"Did You Feel It?" responses
Shaking intensity
0.0max. instrumental (MMI)
Aftershocks
59M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
Significance
500USGS 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 5.4 kilotons of TNT, 11 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.

Chile 1960 M 9.5
Japan 2011 M 9.1
San Francisco 1906 M 7.9
Turkey 2023 M 7.8
Haiti 2010 M 7.0
Northridge 1994 M 6.7
This earthquake M 5.7

Aftershocks

59 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.

The strongest earthquakes within 300 km

Since 1900, around Vanuatu.

In the week before

Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.