M4.5 earthquake 43 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 43 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Sep 7, 1980, 8:16 PM GMT+11 (09:16 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 25 km NW 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-09-07 09:16:34 UTC
- Depth
- 113.0 km (70.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.318° S, 168.936° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.825 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 16791 days ago · 129 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.250 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 16784 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5Vanuatu · 16784 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.254 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 16784 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.457 km ENE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 16784 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.847 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 16784 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu · 16784 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00019qa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.