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The United States Geological Survey reported that an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred 59 km west of Port Vila, Vanuatu. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 14 km beneath the epicenter near Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, in the morning on Tuesday 16 February 2021 at 11:49 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.

A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, which listed it as a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences, reported the same quake at magnitude 6.3.

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