Incident report · 2026040302
TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex cable: latency up 46%, 3 Apr 2026
Resolved · 3h 24m
What we measured
| Cable | TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex |
| Segment | Pentaskhinos, CY → Marseille, FR |
| Detected | 2026-04-03 12:06 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-04-03 15:30 UTC |
| Duration | 3h 24m |
| Observed latency | 144.4 ms |
| Baseline | 98.7 ms · 1.46× |
| Increase | +236% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex comes ashore, how much of their submarine diversity this cable represents, and what our measurements into them show.
| Country | Dependence on this cable | Other submarine cables | What the measurements show |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria resilience index: 88 · resilient |
1 of 7 cables (14% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Alpal-2, Med Cable Network +3 more | average 47 ms over the last day vs 55 ms over 30 days - unchanged |
| Cyprus resilience index: 88 · resilient |
1 of 15 cables (7% of submarine diversity) | Blue, CADMOS, CADMOS-2 +11 more | no measurement today; median 33 ms over 30 days (9 routes) |
| Egypt resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Aletar +21 more | no measurement today; median 155 ms over 30 days (59 routes) |
| France resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 35 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Africa-1 +31 more | median 67 ms today vs 71 ms over 30 days (666 routes) - unchanged |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
No usable traceroute data for this window.
Cross-probe verdict. The effect was confined to a narrow set of paths, so a cable-wide fault is unlikely.
Timeline
- Alert #39: warning - Marseille
- Alert #39 resolved: Marseille
Detection method
Latency is sampled continuously from our probe network. An alert opens when round-trip time to a monitored endpoint holds above its rolling baseline, and closes automatically once it returns. Full method is described on the methodology page.
How to cite
GeoCables (2026). Incident 2026040302: TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex. https://geocables.com/incident/2026040302
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