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M6.1 quake strikes near Port-Olry, Vanuatu, amid a long run of tremors
The strongest quake in the latest events was a magnitude 6.1 at 116 km depth, 25 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, early on Sunday. Further quakes of magnitude 5.2 to 5.9 were recorded on Sunday in China, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Afghanistan and the Bonin Islands region of Japan. Vanuatu has logged a large cluster of shallow magnitude 5.0 to 5.9 quakes since Saturday, mostly 160 to 220 km northwest of Port-Olry. Where PAGER alerts were given, they were green.
- A magnitude 5.9 quake at 7 km depth struck 218 km ENE of Nagqu, China, on Sunday, followed by a magnitude 5.1 nearby; a magnitude 5.3 hit the same area on Saturday.
- On Saturday, Vanuatu recorded magnitude 5.9, 5.8, 5.8 and 5.7 quakes, all at 10 km depth, northwest of Port-Olry.
- A magnitude 5.8 quake struck the Bouvet Island region on Saturday.
- Other quakes of magnitude 5.3 were recorded near Miyazaki, Japan, and 101 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia.
Updated 25 Oct 2026, 22:39 UTC · Written by Claude from the reports on this page and on the map. Check the linked sources for full details.