M5.1 earthquake Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Sat, Nov 28, 1987, 5:35 AM GMT+12 (17:35 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-11-27 17:35:36 UTC
- Depth
- 30.2 km (18.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.224° S, 168.166° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2119 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14180 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.855 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 14171 days ago · 137 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.473 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14156 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.919 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14151 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.977 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14180 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.882 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14181 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.280 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14181 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.580 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14181 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.578 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14181 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.372 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14181 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 6.280 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 14181 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003amm (also filed as gcmtb112787g, gcmt19871127173536, iscgem454062). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.