A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 136 km E of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (85 miles). Global time and date of event 26/12/25 / 2025-12-26 08:36:07 / December 26, 2025 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.8625 West, latitude -14.4976 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:36:07 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000rkvc. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkvc.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 136 km E of Alo, Wallis and Futuna.

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