M6.8 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Fri, Nov 23, 1984, 3:46 PM GMT+11 (04:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-11-23 04:46:06 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.312° S, 171.284° 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 2.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.0Vanuatu region · 15278 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15265 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2Vanuatu region · 15227 days ago · 636 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.3Vanuatu region · 15225 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15279 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 6.1Vanuatu region · 15279 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0Vanuatu region · 15288 days ago · 676 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00029b2 (also filed as gcmtc112384a, gcmt19841123044606, iscgem539699). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC.