M4.5 earthquake 109 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 109 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Wed, Jul 22, 1981, 8:17 PM GMT+11 (09:17 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 95 km WNW 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-22 09:17:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.546° S, 167.300° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.795 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5109 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16498 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5117 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7128 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16497 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.681 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16495 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.8120 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.485 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16494 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.898 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.078 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5126 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16491 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.084 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16489 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0105 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5114 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16479 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.578 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16478 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.3133 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16499 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.9143 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16499 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5126 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16500 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.787 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16500 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.1132 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16501 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.5106 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16501 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.796 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.791 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7112 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.8119 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16502 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6121 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7121 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0106 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.686 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.665 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.195 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16503 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.368 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.359 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 16504 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ev4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:03 AM UTC.