Vanuatu earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 144 km W of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 144 km W of Sola, Vanuatu on Mon, May 4, 1981, 9:58 PM GMT+11 (10:58 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1981-05-04 10:58:46 UTC
Depth
34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.898° S, 166.218° 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.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16556 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.6149 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16555 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.4123 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16537 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.8115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16577 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 5.2142 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16580 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.6118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16581 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.5Vanuatu · 16582 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.3143 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16584 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 5.5134 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.6115 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.5109 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.5116 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.2136 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.9110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.4166 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 5.1111 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 5.2113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.5142 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.7150 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.4102 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 5.9102 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.9111 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16586 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001dh9 (also filed as iscgemsup626172). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC.