M4.8 earthquake 13 km SE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Fri, Feb 16, 1973, 2:40 AM GMT+11 (15:40 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 29 km SSE of Luganville, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-15 15:40:55 UTC
- Depth
- 64.0 km (39.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.139° S, 167.141° E
- Region
- Vanuatu
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.963 km SW of Luganville, Vanuatu · 19571 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.924 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19549 days ago · 135 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.429 km SSE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 19537 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.843 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19590 days ago · 163 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.267 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19598 days ago · 178 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.331 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19603 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.05 km SSE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 19604 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.859 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19613 days ago · 121 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000j2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC.