M4.9 earthquake 107 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

Magnitude

4.9 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Dec 21, 1985, 8:44 PM GMT+11

UTC

1985-12-21 09:44:05 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

14.218° S, 166.540° E

Region

Vanuatu

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

After

1. 6.3115 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 9:01 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
2. 5.3107 km WSW of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 10:09 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
3. 4.686 km WSW of Sola, VanuatuSun, Dec 22, 12:11 AM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
4. 5.4127 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 22, 1:40 AM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
5. 3.998 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 22, 3:03 AM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
6. 4.1106 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 22, 6:39 PM GMT+11 · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
7. 4.264 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuSun, Dec 22, 7:11 PM GMT+11 · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
8. 4.8107 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 22, 8:10 PM GMT+11 · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
9. 4.2116 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 23, 6:56 AM GMT+11 · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
10. 5.2126 km W of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 23, 7:50 AM GMT+11 · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
11. 5.161 km SSW of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 23, 9:21 AM GMT+12 · 14884 days ago · 218 km deep · 87 km away
12. 5.273 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 23, 11:52 AM GMT+11 · 14883 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
13. 5.5133 km W of Sola, VanuatuTue, Dec 24, 5:15 AM GMT+11 · 14883 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
14. 4.5161 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuTue, Dec 24, 11:02 AM GMT+11 · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
15. 5.8111 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuTue, Dec 24, 3:37 PM GMT+11 · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
16. 4.1115 km W of Sola, VanuatuWed, Dec 25, 2:42 AM GMT+11 · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
17. 4.8119 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Dec 26, 5:10 AM GMT+11 · 14881 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
18. 4.390 km NNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Dec 26, 8:07 AM GMT+11 · 14881 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
19. 4.3103 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Dec 26, 8:26 AM GMT+11 · 14881 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
20. 4.7129 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuThu, Dec 26, 7:48 PM GMT+11 · 14880 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
21. 4.370 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Dec 27, 10:16 PM GMT+12 · 14879 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
22. 3.8104 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFri, Dec 27, 11:43 PM GMT+11 · 14879 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
23. 4.094 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Dec 28, 1:18 PM GMT+11 · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
24. 5.180 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuSun, Dec 29, 2:14 AM GMT+11 · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
25. 5.1111 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Dec 29, 4:24 AM GMT+11 · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
26. 5.3153 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuSun, Dec 29, 6:54 PM GMT+11 · 14877 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
27. 4.795 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuSat, Jan 4, 5:59 AM GMT+11 · 14872 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
28. 5.3110 km W of Sola, VanuatuTue, Jan 7, 9:51 AM GMT+11 · 14868 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
29. 5.5123 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 4:13 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
30. 5.4120 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 4:27 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
31. 5.2127 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 5:26 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
32. 5.3119 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 6:26 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
33. 4.3137 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 8:09 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
34. 5.2126 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 9:46 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
35. 4.9130 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 10:00 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
36. 5.3118 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 10:24 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
37. 5.6121 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Jan 11, 11:31 PM GMT+11 · 14864 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
38. 4.135 km NNE of Port-Olry, VanuatuSun, Jan 19, 4:49 AM GMT+12 · 14857 days ago · 247 km deep · 92 km away
39. 5.0152 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuFri, Jan 31, 5:30 AM GMT+11 · 14845 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
40. 5.996 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuSun, Feb 2, 12:44 PM GMT+11 · 14842 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
41. 4.2134 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuMon, Feb 3, 10:28 AM GMT+11 · 14841 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
42. 4.191 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuMon, Feb 3, 10:52 PM GMT+11 · 14841 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
43. 5.0127 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuThu, Feb 13, 3:13 AM GMT+11 · 14832 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
44. 5.8107 km WNW of Sola, VanuatuThu, Feb 13, 11:24 AM GMT+11 · 14831 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
45. 5.746 km SSW of Sola, VanuatuFri, Feb 14, 6:08 AM GMT+11 · 14831 days ago · 206 km deep · 84 km away

Before

1. 4.482 km WSW of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 8:22 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
2. 4.396 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 2:42 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
3. 5.195 km WSW of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 2:09 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
4. 6.599 km WSW of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 1:46 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
5. 5.2105 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 1:23 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
6. 5.3VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 1:06 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
7. 7.1112 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 12:13 PM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
8. 4.686 km W of Sola, VanuatuSat, Dec 21, 11:14 AM GMT+11 · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
9. 4.960 km W of Sola, VanuatuThu, Dec 19, 4:00 AM GMT+11 · 14888 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
10. 4.984 km W of Sola, VanuatuWed, Dec 18, 3:03 PM GMT+11 · 14888 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
11. 5.0130 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuTue, Dec 17, 4:37 AM GMT+11 · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
12. 4.8132 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 16, 11:12 PM GMT+11 · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
13. 6.6139 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 16, 7:04 PM GMT+11 · 14890 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
14. 5.6136 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuMon, Dec 16, 7:03 PM GMT+11 · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
15. 4.9149 km W of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 16, 4:04 PM GMT+11 · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
16. 5.3159 km W of Sola, VanuatuThu, Dec 12, 8:12 AM GMT+11 · 14895 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
17. 4.592 km NW of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 9, 11:50 PM GMT+11 · 14897 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
18. 4.3105 km W of Sola, VanuatuMon, Dec 9, 10:53 AM GMT+11 · 14897 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
19. 4.7155 km W of Sola, VanuatuSun, Dec 8, 7:28 PM GMT+11 · 14898 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
20. 5.1150 km W of Sola, VanuatuSun, Dec 8, 5:40 PM GMT+11 · 14898 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002p57. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.