Submarine cable incident record
EASSy cable event — 2024-08-20
Multiple links on EASSy submarine cable offline since Tuesday due to shunt fault, affecting traffic to Middle East and Central/Eastern Europe.
Assumed resolved
- Affected cable or system
- EASSy
- Affected countries
- Djibouti, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa
- Region
- Red Sea
- Evidence mode
- Reported evidence
- Source extraction confidence
- 95%
- Resolution
- Assumed resolved after six months without newer evidence
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Resolution date:
Original supporting evidence
Confidence describes automated extraction of the cited source, not a probability that every named cable was physically cut. Historical records may be marked assumed resolved when no newer evidence was available. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.