M4.5 earthquake 27 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 27 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Wed, Jan 23, 2002, 12:13 AM GMT+11 (13:13 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 64 km NNE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-22 13:13:10 UTC
- Depth
- 155.0 km (96.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.298° S, 169.249° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.776 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9013 days ago · 281 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.551 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9000 days ago · 168 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.864 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8996 days ago · 287 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000awz3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC.