M4.5 earthquake 117 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 117 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Sep 29, 2001, 2:07 PM GMT+11 (03:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 78 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-29 03:07:49 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.671° S, 167.790° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Vanuatu · 9136 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.587 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9136 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.278 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9136 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.184 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 6.186 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9110 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.476 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9109 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8145 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9105 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4142 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.982 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9081 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000apyu. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.