M4.7 earthquake 21 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Jun 30, 2002, 8:05 AM GMT+11 (21:05 UTC), 115 km (71 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-06-29 21:05:56 UTC
- Depth
- 115.0 km (71.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.731° S, 169.323° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.156 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8841 days ago · 228 km deep · 77 km away
- 6.026 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8820 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.124 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8818 days ago · 226 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.645 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8809 days ago · 272 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.835 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8872 days ago · 200 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.550 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.844 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.452 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.452 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8873 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b76e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC.