USGS recorded a magnitude 6.9 earthquake 197 kilometres west-northwest of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, at 02:31 UTC on Saturday, October 24. The catalogue listed a depth of 10 kilometres. The entry was marked reviewed in the USGS feed captured at 23:40 UTC.
A separate magnitude 6.3 event was recorded at 02:35 UTC, 170 kilometres northwest of Port-Olry, also at a listed depth of 10 kilometres. Later, at 08:56 UTC, the catalogue recorded a magnitude 5.9 earthquake 196 kilometres northwest of Port-Olry, again with a listed depth of 10 kilometres. Each has its own USGS event record; the locations and magnitudes here are taken from those individual entries.
The magnitude 6.9 event was the largest in the captured USGS feed of earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater over the past day. That snapshot contained 46 events worldwide. The feed covers a rolling period, rather than the completed calendar day of October 24, so its count should not be read as a final daily total.
These figures describe the catalogue as captured at 23:40 UTC. Event measurements can be revised. The individual USGS event pages provide the original records and subsequent updates.
Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, past-day magnitude 4.5+ feed; event records us6000u4j2, us6000u4jb, us6000u4lm.
USGS recorded a magnitude 6.9 earthquake 197 kilometres west-northwest of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, at 02:31 UTC on Saturday, October 24. The catalogue listed a depth of 10 kilometres. The entry was marked reviewed in the USGS feed captured at 23:40 UTC.
A separate magnitude 6.3 event was recorded at 02:35 UTC, 170 kilometres northwest of Port-Olry, also at a listed depth of 10 kilometres. Later, at 08:56 UTC, the catalogue recorded a magnitude 5.9 earthquake 196 kilometres northwest of Port-Olry, again with a listed depth of 10 kilometres. Each has its own USGS event record; the locations and magnitudes here are taken from those individual entries.
The magnitude 6.9 event was the largest in the captured USGS feed of earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater over the past day. That snapshot contained 46 events worldwide. The feed covers a rolling period, rather than the completed calendar day of October 24, so its count should not be read as a final daily total.
These figures describe the catalogue as captured at 23:40 UTC. Event measurements can be revised. The individual USGS event pages provide the original records and subsequent updates.
Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, past-day magnitude 4.5+ feed; event records us6000u4j2, us6000u4jb, us6000u4lm.