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Three moderate earthquakes were recorded in the early hours of 6 November 2026, in South of Alaska, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, according to GDACS green alerts. The Alaska quake, at 02:35 UTC, measured magnitude 4.7 at a depth of about 28 km. The Vanuatu quake, at 01:37 UTC, measured magnitude 4.6 at a depth of about 83 km, and GDACS estimated 40 thousand people within 100 km potentially affected. The Papua New Guinea quake, at 00:02 UTC, measured magnitude 4.6 at a depth of about 98 km, and GDACS estimated 680 thousand people within 100 km potentially affected. The alerts give no figures for deaths, injuries or damage in any of the three events, and none are reported in the excerpts. The Alaska alert gives no estimate of people affected. Deep quakes of this size are often felt only weakly at the surface.