Vanuatu earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake 81 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 81 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu on Tue, Sep 26, 1978, 11:41 AM GMT+11 (00:41 UTC), 202 km (126 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.6 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1978-09-26 00:41:10 UTC
Depth
202.0 km (125.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
13.312° S, 167.069° 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.

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Stations used
35

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.268 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 17512 days ago · 210 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.9163 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 17504 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 6.337 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 17538 days ago · 201 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 6.076 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 17555 days ago · 198 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000wr2 (also filed as gcmtb092678a, gcmt19780926004110, iscgem677243). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC.