Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 76 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 76 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Oct 27, 2001, 7:31 PM GMT+11 (08:31 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 145 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-10-27 08:31:43 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.404° S, 168.130° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8145 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.4142 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9103 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.982 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9080 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.266 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9070 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.767 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9069 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.959 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9069 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.3160 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9050 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 6.186 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9109 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.184 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9134 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 6.278 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 4.587 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.6Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.5117 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9137 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 6.486 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9137 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000arqq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.