MODERATE EARTHQUAKE
194 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 194 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on 21 Oct 2026, 14:56 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. 20 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 14.11°S
- Time
- 14:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- M5.0
shallow
165.54°E longitude
21 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 5.0
Can damage poorly constructed buildings; well-built structures usually escape with little harm.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 32 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0, roughly the energy of 477 tonnes of TNT.
10 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
20 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 6.6.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
21 Oct 2026, 08:37 UTC · 10 km deep
21 Oct 2026, 07:44 UTC · 96 km deep
21 Oct 2026, 04:23 UTC · 10 km deep
21 Oct 2026, 01:20 UTC · 10 km deep