4 submarine cable landing points in Micronesia. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.
Micronesia has four submarine cable landing points located in Kosrae, Magachgil (Yap), Pohnpei, and Weno (Chuuk). These landing points connect the country to international and regional cable systems, facilitating its internet connectivity.
Micronesia is served by four submarine cables. The longest is the SEA-US cable, which has been in service since 2017 and spans 14,500 kilometers, linking Micronesia with Guam, Indonesia, Palau, the Philippines, and the United States. The newest cable is the East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS), operational since 2026, with a length of 2,250 kilometers and connections to Kiribati and Nauru. Other cables include the HANTRU1 Cable System, active since 2010, connecting to Guam and the Marshall Islands, and the Chuuk-Pohnpei Cable, which has been in service since 2019 and is entirely domestic.
The main internet providers in Micronesia by user numbers are FSM Telecom and Starlink. The country’s connectivity is classified as moderate, meaning several cables are present, but losing a main station would significantly reduce capacity. GeoCables recorded seven outages in the last 90 days, with the most recent on September 6, 2026.
Every cable that lands in this country, with live latency on its page.
Cables landing here whose break would hurt this country most, by our cable graph.
No single cable break would cut this country off: alternatives exist for every cable.
| Name | Connected Cables |
|---|---|
| Kosrae, Micronesia › | 1 |
| Magachgil, Yap, Micronesia › | 1 |
| Pohnpei, Micronesia › | 3 |
| Weno, Chuuk, Micronesia › | 1 |
Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.
Micronesia has 4 submarine cables and 4 landing points in the GeoCables database. The ones with the most landing points here are Chuuk-Pohnpei Cable, East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS), HANTRU1 Cable System.
The oldest cable in service is HANTRU1 Cable System (2010), the newest is East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) (2026).
By our cable graph no single break cuts Micronesia off. The largest effect comes from HANTRU1 Cable System: up to plus 10.9 ms towards United Kingdom. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.
At the last check (2026-11-04 18:07 UTC) the internet in Micronesia was working normally. Providers and history