M4.8 earthquake 291 km N of Kulia Village, Tuvalu

Magnitude

4.8 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Sep 16, 1982, 3:07 PM GMT+12

UTC

1982-09-16 03:07:58 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

3.489° S, 177.617° E

Region

Tuvalu

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

After

1. 5.3Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionThu, Sep 16, 11:41 PM GMT+12 · 16085 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
2. 4.9298 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluFri, Sep 17, 4:46 AM GMT+12 · 16085 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
3. 4.8Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionFri, Sep 17, 9:40 PM GMT+12 · 16084 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
4. 5.1293 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Sep 19, 2:25 AM GMT+12 · 16083 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
5. 4.7272 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluWed, Sep 22, 4:12 PM GMT+12 · 16080 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
6. 5.1Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionSat, Sep 25, 9:11 AM GMT+12 · 16077 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
7. 4.8Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionSat, Sep 25, 7:07 PM GMT+12 · 16076 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
8. 4.6297 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Sep 26, 9:46 PM GMT+12 · 16075 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
9. 5.4297 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluMon, Sep 27, 2:00 AM GMT+12 · 16075 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
10. 4.6271 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluMon, Sep 27, 5:17 PM GMT+12 · 16074 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
11. 4.9Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionTue, Sep 28, 5:07 PM GMT+12 · 16074 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
12. 4.7265 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSat, Oct 2, 3:37 AM GMT+12 · 16070 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
13. 4.8279 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSat, Oct 2, 3:52 AM GMT+12 · 16070 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
14. 5.1293 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Oct 3, 8:41 PM GMT+12 · 16068 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
15. 5.3292 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Oct 5, 4:09 PM GMT+12 · 16067 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
16. 4.9258 km NNE of Kulia Village, TuvaluThu, Oct 7, 6:43 AM GMT+12 · 16065 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
17. 4.8276 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluThu, Oct 7, 2:59 PM GMT+12 · 16065 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
18. 4.7288 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluThu, Oct 7, 9:26 PM GMT+12 · 16064 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
19. 4.9284 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluFri, Oct 8, 1:40 AM GMT+12 · 16064 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
20. 5.3298 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Oct 10, 6:53 AM GMT+12 · 16062 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
21. 5.3295 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Oct 10, 7:40 AM GMT+12 · 16062 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
22. 4.8280 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluFri, Oct 15, 7:07 PM GMT+12 · 16056 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
23. 4.7256 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSat, Oct 16, 2:11 AM GMT+12 · 16056 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
24. 4.4290 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluMon, Oct 18, 12:41 AM GMT+12 · 16054 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
25. 4.7Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionWed, Oct 20, 1:50 AM GMT+12 · 16052 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
26. 4.8Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionFri, Oct 22, 8:20 PM GMT+12 · 16049 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
27. 4.9298 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluFri, Oct 22, 8:50 PM GMT+12 · 16049 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
28. 4.6Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionSun, Oct 24, 5:45 PM GMT+12 · 16047 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
29. 4.3Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionTue, Oct 26, 4:35 PM GMT+12 · 16046 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
30. 4.7299 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluWed, Oct 27, 1:46 PM GMT+12 · 16045 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
31. 4.7Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionThu, Oct 28, 9:01 PM GMT+12 · 16043 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
32. 4.4Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionMon, Nov 1, 9:47 PM GMT+12 · 16039 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
33. 4.6Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionTue, Nov 2, 8:49 PM GMT+12 · 16038 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
34. 4.9285 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluFri, Nov 5, 3:50 PM GMT+12 · 16036 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
35. 5.0274 km NNE of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Nov 9, 4:48 AM GMT+12 · 16032 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
36. 5.2296 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Nov 9, 9:25 PM GMT+12 · 16031 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away

Before

1. 4.6259 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluThu, Sep 16, 9:57 AM GMT+12 · 16086 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
2. 4.8286 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluWed, Sep 15, 12:47 PM GMT+12 · 16087 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
3. 4.1248 km NNE of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Sep 14, 5:37 PM GMT+12 · 16087 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
4. 5.4295 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Sep 14, 3:53 PM GMT+12 · 16088 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
5. 5.2289 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Sep 14, 7:08 AM GMT+12 · 16088 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
6. 4.3275 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Sep 12, 1:36 PM GMT+12 · 16090 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
7. 5.1Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionFri, Sep 10, 1:43 PM GMT+12 · 16092 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
8. 5.4Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionThu, Sep 9, 5:43 PM GMT+12 · 16092 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
9. 5.1Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionWed, Sep 8, 7:13 PM GMT+12 · 16093 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
10. 4.7288 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluMon, Aug 30, 12:27 PM GMT+12 · 16103 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
11. 5.3Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionWed, Aug 25, 9:43 AM GMT+12 · 16108 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
12. 4.5Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionMon, Aug 23, 6:25 AM GMT+12 · 16110 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
13. 4.8290 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Aug 22, 8:45 AM GMT+12 · 16111 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
14. 5.2Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionSun, Aug 22, 4:07 AM GMT+12 · 16111 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
15. 5.0274 km NNE of Kulia Village, TuvaluSun, Aug 22, 3:38 AM GMT+12 · 16111 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
16. 5.1299 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluFri, Aug 20, 4:33 AM GMT+12 · 16113 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
17. 5.2Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionThu, Aug 19, 6:21 AM GMT+12 · 16114 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
18. 4.8Gilbert Islands, Kiribati regionWed, Aug 18, 3:18 AM GMT+12 · 16115 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
19. 4.8294 km N of Kulia Village, TuvaluTue, Aug 17, 4:53 PM GMT+12 · 16116 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001pmx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC.