M4.4 earthquake 53 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Tue, Nov 26, 2002, 5:03 AM GMT+11 (18:03 UTC), 159 km (99 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 50 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
- 2002-11-25 18:03:16 UTC
- Depth
- 159.1 km (98.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.144° S, 168.996° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.950 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8704 days ago · 266 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.929 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8687 days ago · 277 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.730 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8679 days ago · 186 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.595 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8663 days ago · 260 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.677 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8663 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.562 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8728 days ago · 300 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.778 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8728 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.519 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8738 days ago · 300 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bjcp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.