M4.3 earthquake 44 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 44 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sun, Jan 5, 1986, 12:38 AM GMT+12 (12:38 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 82 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-01-04 12:38:52 UTC
- Depth
- 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.018° S, 168.009° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.544 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.450 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.353 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.454 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.265 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14878 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.468 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14877 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.875 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14877 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.371 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14877 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.371 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14877 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.249 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14876 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.482 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14875 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14873 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.953 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14862 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.069 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14821 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.563 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14819 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002prf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.