M4.5 earthquake Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Tue, Dec 11, 1984, 7:42 PM GMT+12 (07:42 UTC), 163 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 41 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-12-11 07:42:28 UTC
- Depth
- 163.4 km (101.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.892° S, 167.996° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.741 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15256 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Vanuatu · 15217 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00029y0. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC.