M4.8 earthquake 35 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 35 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, Jun 20, 2002, 10:42 PM GMT+11 (11:42 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 26 km W 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
- 2002-06-20 11:42:50 UTC
- Depth
- 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.327° S, 169.027° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.721 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8863 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.156 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8841 days ago · 228 km deep · 49 km away
- 6.026 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8820 days ago · 112 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.124 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8818 days ago · 226 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 5.550 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.844 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.452 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.452 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.498 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8891 days ago · 291 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.654 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8893 days ago · 158 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b6jr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC.