Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 60 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 60 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu on Wed, Jul 13, 1994, 9:12 PM GMT+11 (10:12 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 97 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1994-07-13 10:12:58 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.601° S, 167.197° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.483 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 5.352 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.285 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.764 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.898 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.3101 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.660 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 4.989 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 5.953 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.2111 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.363 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.771 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.784 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 5.2102 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.895 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 5.767 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 4.469 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 4.9107 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 5.377 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 4.274 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 4.296 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 4.290 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 4.4106 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.7117 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 4.594 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 4.884 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 4.781 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 5.053 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 5.251 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 4.8106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 5.071 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11766 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 3.767 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11765 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 5.664 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11763 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 4.8124 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11763 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 4.451 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 4.280 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 4.492 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 4.9102 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 5.286 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11758 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 5.076 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11758 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 6.497 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11757 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 4.8114 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11757 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 5.397 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 4.7103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 4.9100 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 4.7112 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11755 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 5.198 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11755 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 5.9103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11752 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 4.594 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11752 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 5.396 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11752 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 5.497 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11752 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 4.4101 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11752 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 4.9105 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11751 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 4.887 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11750 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 4.6106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11749 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 5.2116 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11747 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 4.6104 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11747 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 4.269 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11741 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 4.685 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11740 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 5.590 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11740 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 4.768 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 5.288 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 5.356 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 4.785 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.580 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.992 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.872 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.8117 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.752 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.850 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 4.874 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 4.756 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.966 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 6.780 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 4.958 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 4.864 km W of Norsup, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.9103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 5.660 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 7.258 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 4.761 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away

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