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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake reported near Vanuatu
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 was recorded near Vanuatu on 8 October. The seismic event was located at coordinates -15.484, 168.177, according to a single bulletin. It is not yet reported whether there has been any damage or casualties.
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WhereVanuatu
-17.012, 167.963 ±400 km
First reported17 days ago
Published2026-10-08 09:19 UTC
Occurred2026-10-08
Sources1
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Reports2Independent tellings1
1 independently corroborated telling, 1 unresolved. A report we could not place either way is not counted as independence.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 6.6 earthquake reported near Vanuatu. 2026-10-08T09:19:52.185Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5053. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-08/vanuatu-34181d4a
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