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M 5.0 - 205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

Magnitude 5, depth 10 km. reviewed by USGS.

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Earthquake time
20 October 2026 at 00:38 UTC
First saved by us
20 October 2026 at 01:02 UTC
Last included in a daily record
20 October 2026

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Source classification
M5.0 · reviewed

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The saved record

What changed

1 update · 1 first record

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  1. Saved by us

    Version 2

    Earthquake location revised

    Title
    Before

    M 5.0 - 202 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

    After

    M 5.0 - 205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

    Earthquake time
    Before

    20 October 2026 at 00:38:28.053 UTC

    After

    20 October 2026 at 00:38:28.008 UTC

    Source updated
    Before

    20 October 2026 at 00:58 UTC

    After

    20 October 2026 at 01:10 UTC

    Reported area
    Before

    202 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

    After

    205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

    Reported position
    Before

    14.01°S, 165.52°E

    After

    13.95°S, 165.53°E

    Earthquake time: 20 October 2026 at 00:38 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

    {
  "id": "usgs:us6000u3j1",
  "category": "earthquake",
  "title": "M 5.0 - 205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
  "occurredAt": "2026-10-20T00:38:28.008Z",
  "issuedAt": "2026-10-20T01:10:16.040Z",
  "place": "205 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u3j1",
  "coordinates": [
    165.5285,
    -13.9476
  ],
  "magnitude": 5,
  "depth": 10,
  "severity": "M5.0",
  "status": "reviewed",
  "summary": "Magnitude 5, depth 10 km. reviewed by USGS.",
  "source": "usgs",
  "sourceName": "USGS",
  "timeBasis": "Event started",
  "revision": "e9e3aabc91392218e61ba4edd48f64cf498d044d4fbd239e4b5dfb6876d9a707"
}
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First saved record · 20 October 2026 at 01:02 UTC

  1. Saved by us

    Starting point

    First saved record

    Our first saved version of M 5.0 - 202 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Earthquake time: 20 October 2026 at 00:38 UTC

    View saved version 1

    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

    {
  "id": "usgs:us6000u3j1",
  "category": "earthquake",
  "title": "M 5.0 - 202 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
  "occurredAt": "2026-10-20T00:38:28.053Z",
  "issuedAt": "2026-10-20T00:58:14.040Z",
  "place": "202 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu",
  "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u3j1",
  "coordinates": [
    165.5179,
    -14.0128
  ],
  "magnitude": 5,
  "depth": 10,
  "severity": "M5.0",
  "status": "reviewed",
  "summary": "Magnitude 5, depth 10 km. reviewed by USGS.",
  "source": "usgs",
  "sourceName": "USGS",
  "timeBasis": "Event started",
  "revision": "f300f7eaee04ab79a9b6e60a89144d50651e52aab53370f846f0637ce9d07bdb"
}
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    The external page may have changed since this version was saved.