M5.7 earthquake 28 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 28 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu on Mon, Jul 6, 1987, 2:05 PM GMT+11 (03:05 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-06 03:05:00 UTC
- Depth
- 46.2 km (28.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.994° S, 167.781° E
- Region
- Vanuatu
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 19 stations |
| 5.8 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.37 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt on the Banks Islands.
From the USGS event page for usp00036cu. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 5.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.2 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.419 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14336 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.933 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14336 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.436 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14336 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.819 km E of Sola, Vanuatu · 14336 days ago · 63 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.437 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14336 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.241 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14335 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.130 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14334 days ago · 58 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.643 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14333 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.246 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14329 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.530 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14319 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.6101 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14298 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036cu (also filed as atlas19870706030502, iscgem461431). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.