M6.2 earthquake · 21 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

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M6.2 quake strikes east of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, amid a long run of tremors

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 136 km depth struck 21 km east of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, early on Sunday, with USGS PAGER alert level green. It followed a sustained series of shallow quakes of magnitude 5.0 to 6.3 northwest of Port-Olry that began on Saturday, including a magnitude 6.3 at 10 km depth. Elsewhere, quakes of magnitude 5.3 were recorded near Miyazaki, Japan and off Kamchatka, Russia.

• The largest recent event was the M6.3 quake 170 km NW of Port-Olry on Saturday, alert level green.
• Several other Vanuatu quakes on Saturday reached M5.7 to M5.9 at 10 km depth, and an M5.5 struck at 195 km depth.
• An M5.8 quake hit the Bouvet Island region on Saturday, with alert level green.
• On Friday, an M5.7 quake struck 61 km WNW of Leni, Italy, with 9 felt reports, and an M5.2 followed near Malfa, Italy.