M4.6 earthquake Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Sun, Sep 30, 2001, 9:43 PM GMT+11 (10:43 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-30 10:43:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.541° S, 168.170° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.587 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 6.278 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9135 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.184 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9134 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 6.186 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9109 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.476 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9108 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.8145 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9104 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4142 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9103 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.982 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9080 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aq1a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:10 PM UTC.