M4.4 earthquake 100 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 100 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu on Wed, Dec 9, 1987, 6:02 PM GMT+11 (07:02 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-09 07:02:40 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.299° S, 168.265° 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 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
Before
- 5.352 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.648 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14178 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.472 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14179 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.451 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14179 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3186 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14179 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.785 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu · 14179 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.236 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14179 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.858 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 14179 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.741 km N of Sola, Vanuatu · 14180 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003b3w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC.