According to monitoring by the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center, near 19:00 local time on the evening of October 19, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the northwestern waters of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers. The US Geological Survey Seismic Information Network showed that the earthquake was magnitude 5.9.

According to monitoring by the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center, near 19:00 local time on the evening of October 19, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the northwestern waters of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers. The US Geological Survey Seismic Information Network showed that the earthquake was magnitude 5.9.