M4.7 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Sun, Jun 28, 1987, 3:30 AM GMT+12 (15:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 Vanuatu region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-06-27 15:30:52 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.593° S, 173.466° 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 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayVanuatu earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000364u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC.