Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 166 km W of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 166 km W of Sola, Vanuatu on Sun, Apr 26, 1981, 1:46 AM GMT+11 (14:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 134 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1981-04-25 14:46:10 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.737° S, 166.015° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.2136 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.5116 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.5109 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.6115 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16589 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 5.5134 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16589 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.3143 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16589 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.5Vanuatu · 16587 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.6118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 5.2142 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16584 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.8115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16582 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 5.1144 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16581 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.4133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16561 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.6149 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16560 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.4123 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16541 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 5.1111 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 5.2113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.5142 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16590 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.7150 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.4102 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 5.9102 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.9111 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 6.9132 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16591 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.8135 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16609 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001dbw. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.