M4.8 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Thu, Dec 6, 1984, 3:13 PM GMT+11 (04:13 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.8 (ms), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-12-06 04:13:58 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.456° S, 171.028° 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 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Vanuatu region · 15249 days ago · 653 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Vanuatu region · 15227 days ago · 636 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.3Vanuatu region · 15225 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 6.0Vanuatu region · 15278 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 6.8Vanuatu region · 15278 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7Vanuatu region · 15279 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.1Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 6.4Vanuatu region · 15280 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0Vanuatu region · 15288 days ago · 676 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00029u2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.