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M5.7 Shallow Earthquake Recorded Near 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

USGS Week reports M5.7 near 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, with a 10.0 km catalog depth.

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News card for M5.7 Shallow Earthquake Recorded Near 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

The event began at Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:55:37 GMT. USGS Week reports magnitude 5.7, 10.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -14.027, 165.497.

The catalog location label is 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a shallow event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.24e+13 joules, or about 5,351 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. Other attached observation fields include catalog significance score 500. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

The USGS Week catalog currently marks the solution as reviewed. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. 1 alternate network solution is retained for comparison.

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.

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US event record: 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu — USGS WeekGreen earthquake (Magnitude 5.7M, Depth:10km) in Vanuatu Islands 19/10/2026 18:52 UTC, No people affected in 100km. — GDACSGreen earthquake (Magnitude 6M, Depth:10km) in Vanuatu 19/10/2026 07:49 UTC, 2 thousand in MMI>=III. — GDACS
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