M4.6 earthquake 21 km W of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 21 km W of Sola, Vanuatu on Thu, Mar 26, 1987, 4:09 PM GMT+11 (05:09 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 41 km WNW of Sola, 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
- 4.6 (Ms, surface-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-26 05:09:15 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.896° S, 167.351° 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 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.241 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14436 days ago · 191 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.165 km NNE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14402 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.551 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14390 days ago · 163 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.654 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14384 days ago · 177 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.559 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 14379 days ago · 307 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00033na. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.