M4.9 earthquake 33 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu on Mon, Jul 6, 1987, 11:56 PM GMT+11 (12:56 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 101 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-06 12:56:17 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.044° S, 167.805° 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 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.436 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14330 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.819 km E of Sola, Vanuatu · 14330 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.437 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14330 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.241 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14329 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.130 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14328 days ago · 58 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.643 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14327 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.246 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14323 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.530 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14313 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.6101 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 14292 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036df. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.