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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake reported in Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has been recorded in Vanuatu, according to a single monitoring source. Reports have not confirmed whether there has been any damage or casualties.
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WhereVanuatu
-17.012, 167.963 ±400 km
First reported5 days ago
Published2026-10-20 06:47 UTC
Sources1
How this travelled.
Reports1Independent tellings1
1 independently corroborated telling.
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 5.3 earthquake reported in Vanuatu. 2026-10-20T06:47:33.043Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6571. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-20/m-5-3-vanuatu-5771d037
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