LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
196 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 196 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna on 17 Oct 2026, 04:19 UTC. The hypocentre was 439.4 km below the surface — deep by seismological convention. 2 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 439.4 km
- Latitude
- 16.04°S
- Time
- 04:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.8
deep
177.73°W longitude
17 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.8
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 500 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 239 tonnes of TNT.
439.4 KM DEEP
Deep earthquakes rarely cause damage. The energy dissipates over hundreds of kilometres before reaching the surface, though it can still be felt far from the epicentre.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
2 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.1.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
19 Oct 2026, 08:51 UTC · 124.8 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 08:21 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 08:12 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTC · 10 km deep