Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 122 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 122 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu on Thu, Aug 11, 1994, 2:29 AM GMT+11 (15:29 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 75 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (Ms, surface-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1994-08-10 15:29:33 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.099° S, 166.930° 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 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.975 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11743 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.486 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11741 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.9100 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11740 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.980 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11738 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.2104 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11734 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.4102 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11730 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.874 km SW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11720 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.695 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11714 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.473 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11701 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 4.769 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11691 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 5.590 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11744 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.685 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11744 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.269 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11745 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.6104 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11750 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 5.2116 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11750 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.6106 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11753 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.9105 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11755 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.4101 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 5.497 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 5.396 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 5.9103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11756 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 5.198 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11759 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.7112 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11759 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.9100 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.7103 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 5.397 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.8114 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 6.497 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11760 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 5.076 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11761 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 5.286 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 11762 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away

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