Magnitude 6.0, 165 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
Occurred 7 hours ago (2026-11-01 11:47 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 5 hours ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake, 10 km deep, at 1 Nov 11:47 UTC. USGS places it "165 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu".
DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 6.0 on 28 Oct 2026 ("214 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 6.0 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.
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 -14.169, 165.824 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.