M4.7 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Fri, Mar 11, 1983, 10:24 PM GMT+11 (11:24 UTC), 625 km (388 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 Vanuatu region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-03-11 11:24:57 UTC
- Depth
- 624.8 km (388.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 14.282° S, 172.293° 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.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayVanuatu earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001tjb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.