M4.5 earthquake 61 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 61 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Jul 13, 1985, 8:12 AM GMT+11 (21:12 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 65 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
- 1985-07-12 21:12:37 UTC
- Depth
- 30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.330° S, 167.919° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6106 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 15013 days ago · 214 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.855 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15010 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.365 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14995 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.350 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15053 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.760 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15053 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.670 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15058 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.578 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15060 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.674 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15061 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.767 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15062 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.785 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.678 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15062 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.574 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 15062 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gr3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.