M5.7 earthquake 92 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 92 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu on Tue, Oct 8, 2002, 6:00 AM GMT+11 (19:00 UTC), 246 km (153 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-07 19:00:31 UTC
- Depth
- 245.5 km (152.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.706° S, 169.293° E
- Region
- Vanuatu
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.57 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.6 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 60°, dip 43°, rake 136°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 185°, dip 62°, rake 57°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 297
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.440 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8751 days ago · 261 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 26 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 · 45 km away
- 4.453 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8714 days ago · 159 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.950 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8704 days ago · 266 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000be08 (also filed as gcmtb100702d, gcmt20021007190032, iscgem3632001). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC.