M5.1 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Tue, Sep 25, 1973, 2:38 PM GMT+11 (03:38 UTC), 616 km (383 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-09-25 03:38:02 UTC
- Depth
- 616.0 km (382.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 14.752° S, 171.466° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 64
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003j9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.