M4.7 earthquake 87 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 87 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu on Mon, Jul 20, 1981, 9:14 PM GMT+11 (10:14 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 143 km SSW of Lakatoro, 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
- 1981-07-20 10:14:57 UTC
- Depth
- 29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.884° S, 167.345° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5126 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16500 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.9143 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16499 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3133 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16499 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5109 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.795 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5109 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5117 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7128 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.681 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.050 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16494 days ago · 191 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.485 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.898 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.078 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5126 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.084 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16489 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.6106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.0105 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.578 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16478 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 5.1132 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16501 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.5106 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16501 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.796 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.791 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.7112 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8119 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6121 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7121 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.0106 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.686 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.195 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.368 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.359 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.495 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.684 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4100 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.982 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.591 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001etv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:20 AM UTC.