M4.9 earthquake 183 km N of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 183 km N of Sola, Vanuatu on Sat, Nov 8, 1975, 5:21 AM GMT+11 (18:21 UTC), 269 km (167 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-11-07 18:21:10 UTC
- Depth
- 269.0 km (167.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 12.247° S, 167.250° 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
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6157 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18576 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.9196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18571 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0184 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18557 days ago · 246 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.3156 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18547 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9176 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18540 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8187 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18532 days ago · 199 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000dfn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.