M4.2 earthquake 53 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 53 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Sat, May 24, 1986, 9:02 PM GMT+11 (10:02 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 41 km ESE of Port-Olry, 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-24 10:02:11 UTC
- Depth
- 161.9 km (100.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.917° S, 167.552° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.141 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14731 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.623 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14725 days ago · 132 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.561 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.365 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14688 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7147 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 14684 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 5.226 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14750 days ago · 141 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.846 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14756 days ago · 174 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14763 days ago · 130 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.112 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14766 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002uca. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC.