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Disasters · Vanuatu earthquakes

Vanuatu earthquake: Tsunami warning lifted after magnitude 6.9 quake

Aired October 25, 2026 at 3:12 AM UTCWritten October 25, 2026 at 3:24 AM UTCRead the write-up This story

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24 points2 confirmed by two or more outlets19 from a single outlet1 disputed

What 14 outlets reported about this story, point by point, and who reported each point first.

Points more than one outlet reported

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Point	Pacific Tsunami Warning Center	USGS	GDACS	ABC News (Australia)	Daily Sitka Sentinel	The Watchers - Watching the world evolve and transform	ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos	The Independent	UA.NEWS	Macau Business	Deccan Chronicle	Daily Tribune	1News	KITV	Outlets
USGS recorded a magnitude 6.9 earthquake at 10 km depth, about 200 km northwest of…Accounts conflict															14
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake followed about four minutes after the magnitude 6.9 quake.Independently confirmed															8
The earthquake occurred at 2026-10-24T02:31:28Z.Not independently confirmed															3
USGS listed more than 15 aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater through 06:58 UTC.Not independently confirmed															2
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre initially identified Vanuatu as the area potentially…Independently confirmed															2

Points only one outlet reported

Only reported by Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Only reported by USGS

Only reported by GDACS

Only reported by ABC News (Australia)

Only reported by The Watchers - Watching the world evolve and transform

Only reported by ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Only reported by Macau Business

Only reported by Deccan Chronicle

Only reported by KITV

Each line is the claim as we recorded it from that outlet's report. Compared as of October 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC.

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