M4.7 earthquake 69 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Mon, Aug 27, 1979, 3:03 AM GMT+11 (16:03 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 76 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-08-26 16:03:24 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.615° S, 167.674° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.176 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17194 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.084 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17194 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.860 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17194 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.161 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17194 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.871 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17192 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.769 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17192 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.971 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17190 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.378 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17187 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.370 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17171 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.045 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17170 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.975 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17156 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.980 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17140 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 6.067 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17194 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.855 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17202 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.370 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17202 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.240 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17202 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.384 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17203 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.070 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17203 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.760 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17203 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.4Vanuatu · 17203 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 6.149 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 17203 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012n0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.