M4.7 earthquake 146 km W of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 146 km W of Sola, Vanuatu on Thu, Nov 28, 1985, 3:59 PM GMT+11 (04:59 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.1 112 km W of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-28 04:59:10 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.960° S, 166.196° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8155 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9135 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.9136 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4149 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.8139 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.6143 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5145 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.4135 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.3155 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.1141 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5116 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.1136 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.5150 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14915 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.0106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14914 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6145 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14914 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6123 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14914 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7150 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14912 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7102 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14912 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.395 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14912 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7145 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14912 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4106 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14910 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6116 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14910 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7141 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14910 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.9150 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14910 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.6162 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14908 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14908 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.1150 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14906 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7155 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14906 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3105 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14905 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.592 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14904 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.3159 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14902 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.9149 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14898 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.6136 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14898 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 6.6139 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14898 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8132 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14897 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.0130 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14897 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.984 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14896 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.960 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14895 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.686 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 7.1112 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.3Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.2105 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.599 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.195 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.396 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.482 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.9107 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 6.3115 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.3107 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.686 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.4127 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.998 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1106 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.264 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8107 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2116 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14891 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.2126 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14891 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.273 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14891 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.5133 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14890 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5161 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 5.4123 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 7.0148 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.6130 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.6150 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.5125 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 7.0142 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002nag. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.