OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US7000TTFB

Magnitude 5.8, 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

Occurred 8 hours ago (2026-10-27 08:55 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 6 hours ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake, 11 km deep, at 27 Oct 08:55 UTC. USGS places it "196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 5.8 · 2026-10-27 08:55 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 5.9 on 24 Oct 2026 ("196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.8 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

ESTIMATE · USGS PAGER · GREEN. The USGS's own estimate of likely fatalities and economic losses for this earthquake, from its PAGER model. ESTIMATE: the source's own model estimate, not a count. PAGER at the USGS

Epicentre at -13.914, 165.667 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us7000ttfb · reviewed · origin 2026-10-27 08:55 UTC · record updated 2026-10-27 11:00 UTC · -13.914, 165.667 · depth 11.0 km · significance 518Occurred 8 hours ago · record revised 6 hours ago · fetched 2026-10-27 17:07 UTC. The evidence class is OBSERVED because the USGS reports it happened; how recent the event or the revision is changes nothing about that. Felt reports are the “Did You Feel It?” reports people sent the USGS, not a count of who felt it. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This page is regenerated from the USGS event id and is not stored by yank.

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