LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
213 km W of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 213 km W of Sola, Vanuatu on 31 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 77 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 13.77°S
- Time
- 09:15 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.9
shallow
165.58°E longitude
31 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.9
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 710 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 338 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
77 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 7.2.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
31 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC · 10 km deep
31 Oct 2026, 05:52 UTC · 10 km deep
31 Oct 2026, 05:39 UTC · 28 km deep
31 Oct 2026, 05:29 UTC · 97.1 km deep