M5.0 earthquake · 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

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M5.0 quake off Vanuatu follows M6.4 near Easter Island and M6.2 in Vanuatu

The latest event was a magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth, 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, on Saturday. On Friday there were two magnitude 5.1 quakes, one in the Balleny Islands region and one 97 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. The strongest quake in the period was a magnitude 6.4 at 10 km depth southeast of Easter Island on Thursday, with a PAGER alert level of green. A magnitude 6.2 quake at 143 km depth struck 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, on Thursday.

• A magnitude 6.4 quake southeast of Easter Island on Thursday was the strongest, with PAGER alert level green.
• A magnitude 6.2 quake at 143 km depth hit near Port-Olry, Vanuatu, on Thursday, with 5 felt reports and a green alert.
• Three quakes of magnitude 5.4 to 5.8 struck 109 to 114 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines, on Thursday.
• A magnitude 5.5 quake near Asahi, Japan, on Wednesday drew 61 felt reports.