M4.8 earthquake 67 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 67 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 7:23 PM GMT+11 (08:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 33 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-03 08:23:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.082° S, 168.855° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.233 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 271 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.6116 km SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 242 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.527 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9021 days ago · 155 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.776 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9013 days ago · 281 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.551 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9001 days ago · 168 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.684 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8999 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.864 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8996 days ago · 287 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000avrb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC.