Vanuatu earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 107 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 107 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu on Wed, Jul 15, 1981, 8:00 PM GMT+11 (09:00 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 59 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1981-07-15 09:00:43 UTC
Depth
35.7 km (22.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.065° S, 167.486° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.998 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.8105 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.9Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 5.090 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.664 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.476 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.6Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 5.759 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.883 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.988 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.5111 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.872 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 5.6108 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.9Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.754 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.8106 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 5.091 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.954 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.549 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.873 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 5.266 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.280 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 5.577 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 4.773 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 4.472 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 4.591 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 4.982 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 4.4100 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 4.684 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 4.495 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 4.359 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 4.368 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 5.195 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 4.665 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 4.686 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 5.0106 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 4.7121 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 4.6121 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 4.8119 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 4.7112 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 4.791 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 4.796 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 4.1Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 4.691 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 5.5106 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16501 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 5.1132 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16501 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 4.787 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16500 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 4.5126 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16500 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 4.9143 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16499 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 4.3133 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16499 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 4.5109 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 4.795 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 4.5109 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 4.5117 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 4.7128 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 4.681 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 3.8120 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 4.485 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 4.898 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 5.078 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 5.673 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 7.092 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16505 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.673 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16508 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.881 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16515 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001eq7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:20 AM UTC.