M5.0 earthquake 78 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 78 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, Jul 29, 1976, 6:41 PM GMT+11 (07:41 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.9 118 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-29 07:41:33 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.015° S, 169.838° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6113 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18316 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 6.9118 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18313 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.0127 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18313 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1127 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18308 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.853 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18307 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1120 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18304 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.999 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18303 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.796 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18283 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.053 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18280 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.264 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18272 days ago · 273 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.696 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.9117 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0100 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.992 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2125 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.994 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.7110 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.0104 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.995 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18340 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hm5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.