M4.4 earthquake 40 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Oct 20, 2002, 4:46 PM GMT+11 (05:46 UTC), 261 km (162 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 19 km ESE 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
- 2002-10-20 05:46:26 UTC
- Depth
- 260.8 km (162.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.189° S, 169.378° 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.
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.519 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8738 days ago · 300 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.778 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8728 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.562 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8728 days ago · 300 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.453 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8714 days ago · 159 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.950 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8704 days ago · 266 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bewp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.