OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US7000TUIF

Magnitude 5.0, 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.

Occurred 4 hours ago (2026-10-31 11:31 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 5.0 earthquake, 10 km deep, at 31 Oct 11:31 UTC. USGS places it "196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 5.0 · 2026-10-31 11:31 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 5.0 on 28 Oct 2026 ("200 km W of Sola, Vanuatu"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.0 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

Epicentre at -13.907, 165.676 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us7000tuif · reviewed · origin 2026-10-31 11:31 UTC · record updated 2026-10-31 11:47 UTC · -13.907, 165.676 · depth 10.0 km · significance 385Occurred 4 hours ago · record revised 3 hours ago · fetched 2026-10-31 15:04 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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