M4.1 earthquake 56 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 56 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Mon, Jul 22, 2002, 3:58 AM GMT+11 (16:58 UTC), 228 km (142 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-21 16:58:31 UTC
- Depth
- 228.4 km (141.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.042° S, 169.383° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.026 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8819 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.124 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8817 days ago · 226 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.645 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8808 days ago · 272 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu · 8802 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4100 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8796 days ago · 249 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.516 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8795 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7Vanuatu · 8792 days ago · 232 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.550 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8788 days ago · 272 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.884 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8785 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b8h6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.