M4.5 earthquake 55 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 55 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Mon, Sep 30, 1985, 11:02 PM GMT+12 (11:02 UTC), 204 km (127 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 66 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-30 11:02:09 UTC
- Depth
- 203.7 km (126.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.046° S, 169.322° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.748 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14972 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.775 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14972 days ago · 164 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.651 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14971 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.559 km E of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14971 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.934 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14971 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.820 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14971 days ago · 222 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.323 km E of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14971 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 6.266 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14968 days ago · 273 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0116 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 14968 days ago · 280 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.288 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14922 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002kac. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.