M5.1 earthquake 54 km WSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

Magnitude

5.1 (mb), moderate

Local time

Sat, Dec 29, 1973, 7:46 AM GMT+12

UTC

1973-12-28 19:46:56 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

15.155° S, 166.577° E

Region

Vanuatu

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

13

• Port-Vila, VanuatuPopulation 35,901. Forecast342 kmNNW

After

1. 5.676 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 8:05 AM GMT+11 · 19268 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
2. 4.741 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 9:57 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
3. 7.220 km WSW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 12:19 PM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
4. 5.864 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 6:44 PM GMT+12 · 19267 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
5. 5.171 km WSW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 30, 6:42 PM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
6. 4.868 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 30, 7:07 PM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
7. 4.890 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 30, 10:37 PM GMT+11 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
8. 4.425 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 1:34 AM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
9. 6.656 km W of Luganville, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 4:39 AM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
10. 5.076 km W of Luganville, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 5:23 AM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
11. 4.937 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 5:39 AM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
12. 5.457 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 5:43 AM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
13. 4.661 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 6:04 AM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
14. 4.952 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 31, 12:26 PM GMT+12 · 19266 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
15. 4.541 km W of Luganville, VanuatuTue, Jan 1, 8:33 AM GMT+12 · 19265 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
16. 4.336 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuWed, Jan 2, 2:36 AM GMT+12 · 19264 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
17. 4.484 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuWed, Jan 2, 4:53 AM GMT+11 · 19264 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
18. 4.745 km SW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 3, 11:11 AM GMT+12 · 19263 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
19. 5.594 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 3, 10:15 PM GMT+11 · 19262 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
20. 5.2102 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 4, 1:41 AM GMT+11 · 19262 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
21. 5.288 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 4, 4:30 AM GMT+12 · 19262 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
22. 5.1VanuatuFri, Jan 4, 8:56 AM GMT+12 · 19262 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
23. 4.736 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 4, 12:28 PM GMT+12 · 19262 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
24. 5.033 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 4, 8:54 PM GMT+12 · 19261 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
25. 5.362 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Jan 5, 6:41 AM GMT+12 · 19261 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
26. 5.162 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Jan 6, 9:43 AM GMT+12 · 19260 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
27. 5.437 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Jan 7, 12:16 AM GMT+12 · 19259 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
28. 5.626 km NE of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Jan 7, 5:39 AM GMT+12 · 19259 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
29. 4.947 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 10, 1:53 PM GMT+12 · 19255 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
30. 7.270 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 10, 8:51 PM GMT+12 · 19255 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
31. 4.881 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 10, 8:52 PM GMT+11 · 19255 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
32. 5.198 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 10, 8:57 PM GMT+11 · 19255 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
33. 4.776 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 10, 9:46 PM GMT+11 · 19255 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
34. 4.578 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 10, 10:34 PM GMT+11 · 19255 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
35. 4.885 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 11, 1:14 AM GMT+11 · 19255 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
36. 4.780 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 11, 2:55 AM GMT+11 · 19255 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
37. 4.6VanuatuFri, Jan 11, 10:54 AM GMT+12 · 19255 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
38. 4.351 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Jan 11, 4:25 PM GMT+12 · 19254 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
39. 4.471 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Jan 12, 8:47 AM GMT+12 · 19254 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
40. 5.070 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Jan 12, 11:25 AM GMT+12 · 19254 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
41. 4.729 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Jan 12, 5:07 PM GMT+12 · 19253 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
42. 5.0104 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Jan 14, 4:52 AM GMT+11 · 19252 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
43. 5.097 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuTue, Jan 15, 3:16 AM GMT+11 · 19251 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
44. 4.885 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuTue, Jan 15, 7:02 PM GMT+12 · 19250 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
45. 5.676 km N of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Jan 20, 4:13 PM GMT+11 · 19245 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
46. 4.910 km SSW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Jan 24, 5:41 PM GMT+12 · 19241 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
47. 4.823 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Jan 28, 1:59 PM GMT+12 · 19237 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
48. 5.433 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Jan 28, 2:01 PM GMT+12 · 19237 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
49. 4.955 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Feb 9, 10:09 AM GMT+12 · 19226 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
50. 4.634 km ENE of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Feb 15, 2:12 AM GMT+12 · 19220 days ago · 141 km deep · 89 km away

Before

1. 5.562 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 6:19 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
2. 5.635 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 5:50 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
3. 5.072 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 5:17 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
4. 4.563 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 5:13 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
5. 5.252 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 5:00 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
6. 5.257 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 4:27 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
7. 5.774 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 3:08 AM GMT+11 · 19268 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
8. 5.254 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 3:48 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
9. 4.788 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 3:32 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
10. 4.434 km W of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 3:26 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
11. 5.588 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 2:08 AM GMT+11 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
12. 5.647 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 2:46 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
13. 5.672 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 2:18 AM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
14. 7.581 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 29, 12:41 AM GMT+11 · 19268 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
15. 5.160 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Dec 28, 11:21 PM GMT+12 · 19268 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
16. 6.038 km ESE of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Nov 30, 7:09 PM GMT+11 · 19296 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00004ps. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC.