M5.1 Shallow Earthquake Recorded Near SAMOA ISLANDS
EMSC Global reports M5.1 near SAMOA ISLANDS, with a 13.0 km catalog depth.
The event began at Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:36:29 GMT. EMSC Global reports magnitude 5.1, 13.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -13.429, -171.943.
The catalog location label is SAMOA ISLANDS; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a shallow event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.82e+12 joules, or about 674 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.
The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.
EMSC Global has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.
The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.
At a glance
- Magnitude 5.1
- 13.0 km catalog depth
- 2.82e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:36:29 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- EMSC Global monitoring record