M4.8 earthquake 19 km E of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 19 km E of Sola, Vanuatu on Tue, Jul 7, 1987, 3:22 AM GMT+11 (16:22 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 30 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-06 16:22:18 UTC
- Depth
- 62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.899° S, 167.730° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.437 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14333 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.241 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14332 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.130 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14331 days ago · 58 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.643 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14330 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.246 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14327 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.530 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14316 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.436 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14333 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.933 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14333 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.419 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14334 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.728 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14334 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
- 6.637 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14334 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.769 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14335 days ago · 262 km deep · 86 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036dm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC.