M5.0 earthquake 43 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 43 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu on Mon, Apr 11, 1977, 4:28 PM GMT+11 (05:28 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 61 km N 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, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-04-11 05:28:20 UTC
- Depth
- 39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.252° S, 169.561° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.958 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18072 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.054 km E of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18068 days ago · 276 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.685 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18063 days ago · 224 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.261 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18035 days ago · 217 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 5.067 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18073 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.063 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18073 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.460 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18074 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.857 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18077 days ago · 267 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.458 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18095 days ago · 182 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000nbd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.