M4.3 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Sat, Jul 18, 1987, 10:58 PM GMT+12 (10:58 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-18 10:58:04 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.213° S, 173.253° 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Vanuatu region · 14291 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9Vanuatu region · 14291 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayVanuatu earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036rd. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.