Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 102 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 102 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu on Thu, Jul 21, 1994, 4:13 PM GMT+11 (05:13 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
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1994-07-21 05:13:18 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.998° S, 167.199° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.286 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11762 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 5.076 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11762 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 6.497 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.8114 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 5.397 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.7103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.9100 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.7112 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 5.198 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 5.9103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.594 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 5.396 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 5.497 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.4101 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.9105 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11755 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.887 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11754 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.6106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11754 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 5.2116 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11751 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.6104 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11751 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 4.269 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11745 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.685 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11744 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 5.590 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11744 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 4.8122 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11744 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 4.975 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11743 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 4.486 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11742 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 4.9100 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11741 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 5.456 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11739 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 4.980 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11739 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 4.2104 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11734 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 4.4102 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11730 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 4.874 km SW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11721 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 4.695 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11715 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.492 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11765 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.280 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11765 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.451 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11765 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.8124 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11767 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 5.664 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11768 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.973 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11769 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.767 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 5.071 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.8106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 5.251 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 5.053 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.781 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 4.884 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11770 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.594 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.7117 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.4106 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.290 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 4.296 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.274 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 5.377 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11771 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away

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