M4.6 earthquake 149 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 149 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Tue, May 26, 1981, 8:17 PM GMT+11 (09:17 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-05-26 09:17:14 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.159° S, 166.378° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4123 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16537 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1111 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16525 days ago · 199 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.695 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16496 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.4133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16556 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.1144 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16577 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16577 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.2142 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 16580 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16581 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3143 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16584 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.3201 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16584 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.5134 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6115 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16585 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001dvs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.