M4.4 earthquake 100 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 100 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 6:20 AM GMT+11 (19:20 UTC), 249 km (155 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 92 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-04 19:20:06 UTC
- Depth
- 249.1 km (154.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.637° S, 169.227° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Vanuatu · 8793 days ago · 232 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.550 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8788 days ago · 272 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.884 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8785 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5104 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8772 days ago · 259 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.792 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8763 days ago · 246 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8750 days ago · 261 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bb8g. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.