M4.8 earthquake 147 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 147 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Wed, Aug 1, 1984, 8:56 AM GMT+11 (21:56 UTC), 223 km (138 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-07-31 21:56:03 UTC
- Depth
- 222.8 km (138.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 12.617° S, 167.097° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4176 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15373 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8159 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15373 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8184 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15351 days ago · 145 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000264x. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:56 PM UTC.