M5.3 Earthquake Recorded Near VANUATU
EMSC Global reports M5.3 near VANUATU, with a 37.0 km catalog depth.
The event began at Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:29:27 GMT. EMSC Global reports magnitude 5.3, 37.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -13.956, 165.702.
The catalog location label is VANUATU; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 5.62e+12 joules, or about 1,344 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 5.3
- 37.0 km catalog depth
- 5.62e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:29:27 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- EMSC Global monitoring record