OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US7000TU4F

Magnitude 6.2, 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

Occurred 15 hours ago (2026-10-29 21:46 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 3 hours ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake, 143 km deep, at 29 Oct 21:46 UTC, with 4 felt reports submitted. USGS places it "43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 6.2 · 2026-10-29 21:46 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 6.3 on 8 Oct 2026 ("102 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 6.2 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 -15.189, 167.452 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us7000tu4f · reviewed · origin 2026-10-29 21:46 UTC · record updated 2026-10-30 10:23 UTC · -15.189, 167.452 · depth 142.8 km · significance 593 · 4 felt reports submittedOccurred 15 hours ago · record revised 3 hours ago · fetched 2026-10-30 13:08 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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