Earthquake in Vanuatu

Criticalupdated 23 min ago
Ongoingsince October 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Alarm in the South Pacific: Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes eastern Vanuatu

  • 200km
    Radius of the affected area
  • 6.3M
    Recorded magnitude
VanuatuLocal · radius ≈ 200 km
Confirmed

Issued by EMSC.

The newsrooms describing it

2 articles · 1 media family

Related events in this alert

The facts this alert is built on — the original one first, then what joined it.

Earthquake in Vanuatu

3 days ago

Critical

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High

How it evolved

  1. Alert raisedCriticalOctober 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
  2. Related event attachedHighOctober 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM

Each entry is a real change of state, not a republication.

Affected areas

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