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Strong earthquake strikes off the coast of Vanuatu triggering tsunami warnings
An earthquake was reported off the waters of Vanuatu on 24 October, prompting regional tsunami warnings. Monitoring agencies noted a focal depth of 10 kilometres. It remains unconfirmed whether any coastal damage or casualties have occurred.
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Our summary of the disagreement.
Seismological agencies reported differing magnitudes for the tremor, ranging between 6.8, 6.9, and 7.2.
The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
4 differing positions reported on attribution across 6 publishers; unresolved.
- ettoday氣象署
- stheadline當局
- mirrormedia氣象署
- newtalk氣象署
- epochtimes太平洋海啸警报中心
- cna-tw德國地科機構
4 differing positions reported on location across 9 publishers; unresolved.
- ettoday萬那杜
- chinanews瓦努阿图群岛
- yna남태평양 바누아투 해역
- cna-tw萬那杜外海
- stheadline瓦努阿圖
- mirrormedia萬那杜
- newtalk萬那杜外海
- epochtimes万那杜群岛
- cgtnVanuatu
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
- ettoday4分鐘內
- elnuevodia-coen minutos
WhereVanuatu
-17.012, 167.963 ±400 km
First reported25 hours ago
Published2026-10-24 14:14 UTC
Occurred2026-10-24
Sources15
How this travelled.
Reports16Independent tellings11
11 independently corroborated tellings.
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. Strong earthquake strikes off the coast of Vanuatu triggering tsunami warnings. 2026-10-24T14:14:09.840Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:7296. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-24/dos-fuertes-terremotos-sacudieron-el-mundo-en-minutos-baf3c855
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