M4.9 earthquake 70 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Jun 9, 1973, 6:19 AM GMT+11 (19:19 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 76 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-06-08 19:19:24 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.601° S, 167.661° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.573 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19464 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.076 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19464 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.175 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19415 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 5.568 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19465 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.965 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19466 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.780 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19467 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.997 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19467 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.070 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19468 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.777 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19468 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.576 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19468 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.477 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19468 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.180 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19468 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.272 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19468 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.780 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19488 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.875 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19489 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.466 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19490 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.547 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 19490 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000238. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.