M4.6 earthquake Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Fri, Jan 11, 1974, 10:54 AM GMT+12 (22:54 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 108 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1974-01-10 22:54:14 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.469° S, 166.891° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.351 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
- 6.2108 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.471 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19247 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.070 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19247 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.729 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19247 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.0104 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19245 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.097 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19244 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.885 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19244 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8105 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19243 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.676 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19239 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.910 km SSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19235 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.823 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19231 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.433 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19231 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.955 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19219 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.634 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19213 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.780 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.885 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.578 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 65 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7102 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.776 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.7100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.198 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.881 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 57 km deep · 17 km away
- 7.270 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19248 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.947 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19249 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.626 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19252 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.437 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19252 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.162 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19253 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.362 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19254 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.033 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19254 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.736 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.1Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.288 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.2102 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19255 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00004wd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC.