M5.1 earthquake 93 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 93 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Jul 10, 1977, 2:11 PM GMT+11 (03:11 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 96 km WNW 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
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-07-10 03:11:08 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.215° S, 168.466° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4103 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17971 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.396 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17971 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.396 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17970 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.829 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17964 days ago · 126 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.190 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17960 days ago · 233 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1100 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17955 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.931 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17937 days ago · 150 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.5173 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17934 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.1156 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17934 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.775 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17934 days ago · 238 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6114 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17933 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.856 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17925 days ago · 254 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.848 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17917 days ago · 168 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000pnw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.