M4.3 earthquake 96 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 96 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Jul 10, 1977, 10:49 PM GMT+11 (11:49 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 173 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-07-10 11:49:18 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.136° S, 168.472° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.396 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17978 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.829 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17972 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.190 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17968 days ago · 233 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.1100 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17963 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.931 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17945 days ago · 150 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.5173 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17942 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.1156 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17942 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.775 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17942 days ago · 238 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6114 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17941 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.856 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17933 days ago · 254 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.848 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17925 days ago · 168 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.4103 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17979 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.193 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17979 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.5102 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17979 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.967 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17979 days ago · 150 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.033 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 18007 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000pp4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.