M4.6 earthquake 48 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 48 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Tue, Dec 8, 1987, 10:19 PM GMT+11 (11:19 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 52 km NNW 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-08 11:19:41 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.465° S, 167.396° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.352 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14177 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.4100 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14177 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.941 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14160 days ago · 234 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.562 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14142 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.472 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.451 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.785 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 6.236 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.858 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.331 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.741 km N of Sola, Vanuatu · 14180 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003b2r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.