M4.7 earthquake 67 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 67 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Thu, Jul 4, 1985, 4:52 AM GMT+11 (17:52 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 52 km SSW of Port-Vila, 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-03 17:52:08 UTC
- Depth
- 28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.441° S, 167.757° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.674 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15064 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.578 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15063 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.670 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15061 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.852 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15057 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.760 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15056 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.350 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15056 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.561 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15056 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6106 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 15017 days ago · 214 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.855 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15013 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gd3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC.