Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Fri, Jan 11, 1974, 1:44 AM GMT+11 (14:44 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 80 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1974-01-10 14:44:01 UTC
Depth
49.0 km (30.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.267° S, 166.883° 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

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Stations used
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.780 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.6Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.351 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 6.2108 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.471 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19247 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 5.070 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19247 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.729 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19247 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 5.0104 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19245 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 5.097 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19244 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.885 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19244 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.8105 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19243 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 5.676 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19239 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.910 km SSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19235 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.823 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19231 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 5.433 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19231 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.955 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19219 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.634 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19213 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.885 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.578 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.7102 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.776 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 5.7100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 5.198 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.881 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 7.270 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19249 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.947 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19249 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 5.626 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19252 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 5.437 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19252 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 5.162 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19253 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 5.362 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19254 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 5.033 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.736 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 5.1Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 5.288 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 5.2102 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 5.594 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 5.056 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19257 days ago · 176 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00004w7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.