Incident report · 2026081701
PEACE Cable: latency up to 10.5× normal, 17 Aug 2026
Resolved · 16h 59m
What we measured
| Cable | PEACE Cable |
| Segment | Tuas, SG → Marseille, FR |
| Detected | 2026-08-17 17:02 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-08-18 10:01 UTC |
| Duration | 16h 59m |
| Observed latency | 114.4 ms |
| Baseline | 292.3 ms · 10.49× |
| Increase | +949% |
| Severity | critical |
Who is affected
Countries where PEACE Cable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyprus resilience index: 88 · resilient |
1 of 15 cables (7% of submarine diversity) | Blue, CADMOS, CADMOS-2 +11 more | no measurement today; median 36 ms over 30 days (8 routes) |
| Egypt resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Aletar +21 more | no measurement today; median 144 ms over 30 days (57 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 63 ms today vs 72 ms over 30 days (572 routes) - unchanged |
| Kenya resilience index: 66 · moderate |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Daraja +5 more | median 151 ms today vs 188 ms over 30 days (224 routes) - faster |
| Maldives resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 11 cables (9% of submarine diversity) | Dhiraagu Cable Network, Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network, Dhivaru +7 more | average 131 ms over the last day vs 133 ms over 30 days - unchanged |
| Malta resilience index: 70 · moderate |
1 of 8 cables (13% of submarine diversity) | Epic Malta-Sicily Cable System (EMSCS), GO-1 Mediterranean Cable System, Italy-Malta +4 more | no measurement today; median 92 ms over 30 days (22 routes) |
| Pakistan resilience index: 61 · moderate |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) +5 more | median 183 ms today vs 160 ms over 30 days (57 routes) - unchanged |
| Saudi Arabia resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) +21 more | median 148 ms today vs 146 ms over 30 days (46 routes) - unchanged |
| Seychelles resilience index: 40 · vulnerable |
1 of 3 cables (33% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) | median 251 ms today vs 241 ms over 30 days (29 routes) - unchanged |
| Singapore resilience index: 78 · resilient |
1 of 46 cables (2% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Apricot, Asia Connect Cable-1 (ACC-1) +42 more | median 188 ms today vs 162 ms over 30 days (465 routes) - slower |
| Somalia resilience index: 69 · moderate |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1) +2 more | median 24 ms today vs 28 ms over 30 days (7 routes) - unchanged |
| Tunisia resilience index: 52 · vulnerable |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | Didon, HANNIBAL System, Medusa Submarine Cable System +2 more | no measurement today; median 73 ms over 30 days (8 routes) |
| United Arab Emirates resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 22 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) +18 more | median 111 ms today vs 118 ms over 30 days (212 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
Traffic changed route and the original path stopped responding. This is the pattern a real cable break produces.
Cross-probe verdict. Too few independent vantage points were watching this endpoint to reach a cross-probe verdict.
Timeline
- Alert 2026081701: critical - ratio 10.49x
- Alert #171 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #171 improving: 2/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #171 resolved: RTT 114.42ms (baseline 292.27ms), 3 consecutive OK
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 2026081701: PEACE Cable. https://geocables.com/incident/2026081701
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