Vanuatu earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Sat, Mar 23, 1974, 10:39 PM GMT+11 (11:39 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.5 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1974-03-23 11:39:53 UTC
Depth
42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.580° S, 166.814° 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.

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Stations used
50

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.167 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 19167 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.731 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19140 days ago · 194 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 5.3103 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19139 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.797 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19133 days ago · 210 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 5.885 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 19189 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00005q7 (also filed as iscgem750769). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC.