M4.8 earthquake 53 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 53 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu on Mon, Aug 9, 1976, 6:02 AM GMT+11 (19:02 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 99 km SE 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-08-08 19:02:41 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.816° S, 169.704° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.999 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18303 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.796 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18283 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.053 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18280 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.264 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18272 days ago · 273 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 6.9118 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18313 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6113 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18316 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.078 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18317 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.696 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18317 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9117 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18317 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0100 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.992 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2125 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.994 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.7110 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.0104 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18318 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.251 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18319 days ago · 280 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hs3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:22 AM UTC.