M6.0 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Fri, Nov 23, 1984, 6:12 PM GMT+11 (07:12 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
- 6.0 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-11-23 07:12:31 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.169° S, 171.328° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15265 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Vanuatu region · 15227 days ago · 636 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.3Vanuatu region · 15225 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 6.8Vanuatu region · 15278 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 6.1Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 6.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0Vanuatu region · 15288 days ago · 676 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00029b6 (also filed as gcmtb112384b, gcmt19841123071231, iscgem539708). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.