Vanuatu earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 192 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 192 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu on Wed, Oct 22, 1975, 7:29 AM GMT+11 (20:29 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.4 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1975-10-21 20:29:17 UTC
Depth
67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
12.467° S, 166.509° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
83

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4110 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18598 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.9183 km N of Sola, Vanuatu · 18582 days ago · 269 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.6157 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18576 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 5.9196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18571 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 5.0184 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18557 days ago · 246 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 5.3156 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18547 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.9176 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18540 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 4.9169 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18609 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 5.6183 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18610 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 5.2190 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18613 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 7.0188 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18614 days ago · 54 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000d7s (also filed as iscgem723134). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.