M5.4 earthquake 106 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 106 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu on Tue, Jun 13, 1978, 3:17 PM GMT+11 (04:17 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-06-13 04:17:51 UTC
- Depth
- 193.0 km (119.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 13.094° S, 166.978° 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
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2154 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 17631 days ago · 136 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.7196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 17585 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000v15 (also filed as iscgem680777, iscgemsup680777). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC.