M5.2 earthquake · 63 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea

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Vanuatu region hit by a run of quakes, including M6.2 on Sunday

A new M6.2 earthquake struck 21 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, at 136 km depth early on Sunday (UTC), with a PAGER alert level of green. Two more M5.1 quakes hit about 160 km WNW of Port-Olry. Elsewhere on Sunday an M5.2 was recorded 63 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. The Vanuatu sequence has continued since Saturday, when an M6.3 struck 170 km NW of Port-Olry.

• Vanuatu has had many M5.0 to M6.3 quakes since Friday night, mostly at 10 km depth and 160 to 220 km NW of Port-Olry; the largest was M6.3 on Saturday, with a green PAGER alert.
• Other Saturday quakes included M5.8 in the Bouvet Island region, M5.3 near Miyazaki, Japan, M5.3 near Vilyuchinsk, Russia, and M5.3 east-northeast of Nagqu, China.
• On Friday, an M5.1 hit off Noda, Japan, and an M5.2 hit near Malfa, Italy.