Vanuatu earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 61 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 61 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu on Mon, Dec 23, 1985, 9:21 AM GMT+12 (21:21 UTC), 218 km (136 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 73 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1985-12-22 21:21:54 UTC
Depth
218.1 km (135.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
14.391° S, 167.332° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.273 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.1115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.390 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14881 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.3103 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14881 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.370 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14879 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.094 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14879 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 5.180 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 5.1111 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.795 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14872 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.135 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14857 days ago · 247 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.438 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14852 days ago · 132 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 5.746 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14831 days ago · 206 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 4.8107 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.264 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14884 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.998 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.686 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 5.3107 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 6.3115 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.9107 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.482 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14885 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 5.195 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14886 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 6.599 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14886 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 5.2105 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14886 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 5.3Vanuatu · 14886 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 7.1112 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14886 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.686 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14886 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.960 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14888 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 4.984 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14889 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 4.839 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14891 days ago · 216 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 5.395 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14905 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.7102 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14905 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 5.0106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14907 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002p8u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.