M6.3 quake 102 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu leads 17 notable earthquakes on 8 October 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
17
17 of any size
Strongest
M6.3
102 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu
Other hazards
20
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 17 earthquakes in total, 17 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 18 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 6.3 102 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu, at a depth of 10 km. 5 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 1 quake reached magnitude 6 or more, 6 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 17 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 6.3102 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu8 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.5west of Macquarie Island8 Oct 2026, 06:46 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.517 km SW of Burias, Philippines8 Oct 2026, 08:07 UTC · 52 km deep
- 5.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji8 Oct 2026, 10:07 UTC · 602 km deep
- 5.1northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge8 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.092 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia8 Oct 2026, 04:48 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.981 km NNW of Malfa, Italy8 Oct 2026, 03:42 UTC · 367 km deep
- 4.9113 km NW of Baa, Indonesia8 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 1 volcano, 17 wildfires.
1 volcano received an activity report.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TB5), came within 1.4 lunar distances and is 9 m across.