M4.0 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Tue, Nov 13, 1984, 7:10 PM GMT+11 (08:10 UTC), 676 km (420 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-11-13 08:10:25 UTC
- Depth
- 675.5 km (419.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 14.629° S, 170.897° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.1Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.7Vanuatu region · 15279 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 6.8Vanuatu region · 15278 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 6.0Vanuatu region · 15278 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15265 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.9Vanuatu region · 15249 days ago · 653 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002910. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.