M5.5 earthquake Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Wed, Jan 9, 1980, 2:07 PM GMT+11 (03:07 UTC), 165 km (103 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-01-09 03:07:57 UTC
- Depth
- 165.0 km (102.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.690° S, 167.224° 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
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.926 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 17024 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.918 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 17018 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.5103 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 17018 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.537 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 17012 days ago · 141 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.515 km SSW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 17008 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014xs (also filed as gcmtb010980a, gcmt19800109030757, iscgem652471). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC.