M4.5 earthquake 104 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 104 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Sep 29, 2002, 3:31 AM GMT+11 (16:31 UTC), 259 km (161 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
- 2002-09-28 16:31:53 UTC
- Depth
- 259.2 km (161.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.600° S, 169.395° 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
- 16
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.792 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8763 days ago · 246 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8751 days ago · 261 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.778 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8728 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.562 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8728 days ago · 300 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.453 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8714 days ago · 159 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdbg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC.