M4.5 earthquake 51 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 51 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 4:32 AM GMT+11 (17:32 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 71 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-02-11 17:32:30 UTC
- Depth
- 168.0 km (104.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.109° S, 169.093° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.684 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8999 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.864 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8995 days ago · 287 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.694 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8977 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.271 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8957 days ago · 228 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.351 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8953 days ago · 293 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ay8n. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.