M6.1 earthquake in Vanuatu on October 25, 2026

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck on October 25, 2026 at 02:24 UTC. According to USGS the epicenter was 25 km northeast of Port-Olry, at a depth of 116 km. The focus was at intermediate depth, which softens the shaking at the surface compared with a shallow quake of the same size.

6.1magnitude
116 kmdepth
02:24time UTC
greenUSGS alert
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Key facts

4 people reported feeling it to USGS. The USGS PAGER system issued a green alert, expecting little impact.

Nearest cities

  • Sunshine Coast (Australia)1,963 km
  • Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)2,273 km
  • Central Coast (Australia)2,602 km
  • Merauke (Indonesia)3,013 km
  • Jayapura (Indonesia)3,227 km

Did you feel an earthquake?

Report it to seismologists. These reports help work out quickly where the shaking was strongest. It takes a minute.

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Aftershocks

So far USGS has recorded no aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km.

Regional history

Since 1976 there have been 200 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 300 km. The strongest was M7.8 (October 7, 2009).

  • M7.8 · October 7, 2009293 km
  • M7.7 · April 21, 1997277 km
  • M7.7 · October 7, 2009237 km
  • M7.5 · November 26, 1999186 km
  • M7.4 · October 7, 2009229 km

See also

Live earthquake mapAll earthquakes todayWeather in Sunshine CoastEvent details at USGS

Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). Seismologists may still revise the data. Data from Oct 25, 05:07 UTC.