M4.3 earthquake 63 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Tue, Dec 22, 1987, 5:36 PM GMT+12 (05:36 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 52 km SSW 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
- 1987-12-22 05:36:20 UTC
- Depth
- 17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.232° S, 168.011° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.868 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14142 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.590 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14141 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.252 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14131 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.671 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14131 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.460 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14114 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.450 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14114 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.922 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14114 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.179 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 14105 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003bfm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC.