M4.5 earthquake 50 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 50 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, Sep 12, 2002, 7:02 PM GMT+11 (08:02 UTC), 272 km (169 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-12 08:02:01 UTC
- Depth
- 271.9 km (169.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.086° S, 169.279° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.884 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8785 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5104 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8772 days ago · 259 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.792 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8763 days ago · 246 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8751 days ago · 261 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.519 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8738 days ago · 300 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 4.7Vanuatu · 8793 days ago · 232 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.516 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8795 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4100 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8796 days ago · 249 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8Vanuatu · 8803 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.645 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8809 days ago · 272 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.124 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8818 days ago · 226 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bc20. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.