M6.4 earthquake 86 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 86 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Sep 29, 2001, 1:40 PM GMT+11 (02:40 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (Mwc, centroid moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-29 02:40:07 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.503° S, 168.159° E
- Region
- Vanuatu
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 6.35 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 6.3 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
| 6.0 | Me, energy | Choy, USGS energy magnitude | Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 348°, dip 21°, rake 98°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 159°, dip 69°, rake 87°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 327
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.4 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5117 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9137 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6Vanuatu · 9136 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.587 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9136 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 6.278 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9136 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.184 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 6.186 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9110 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.476 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9109 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8145 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9105 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4142 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.982 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9081 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000apyt (also filed as choy20010929024007, gcmtc092901a, gcmt20010929024007, iscgem2146282). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.