M6.0 earthquake · 165 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

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M6.0 quake strikes NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, amid a run of tremors

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 10 km depth struck 165 km northwest of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, on Sunday, after magnitude 5.4 and 5.1 quakes in the same area earlier that day. On Saturday, a magnitude 6.0 quake at 352 km depth hit 58 km south-southeast of Shima, Japan, and smaller quakes were recorded in Iran and Panama. USGS PAGER alerts were green for the larger events where one was issued.

• Vanuatu recorded repeated quakes northwest of Port-Olry: M5.0 on Saturday, M5.2 late Saturday, then M5.4, M5.1 and M6.0 on Sunday.
• A M6.2 quake at 143 km depth hit 43 km east-southeast of Port-Olry on Thursday, with 5 felt reports.
• Other quakes of M5.0 to M5.2 were recorded near Bushehr in Iran, Bajo Corral in Panama, the Balleny Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Alaska between Thursday and Saturday.