M5.2 earthquake 73 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 73 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu on Thu, Jan 31, 2002, 10:27 AM GMT+11 (23:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-30 23:27:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.743° S, 167.587° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.19 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | 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
- Reverse (thrust)
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 5°, dip 40°, rake 111°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 159°, dip 53°, rake 73°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.969 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 9011 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6101 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4107 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.451 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8986 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.247 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8979 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.092 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 8961 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 3.952 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9019 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.956 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9023 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.945 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.147 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.465 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.772 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.952 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.954 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.277 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.546 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.557 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.259 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.143 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.181 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.465 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 6.077 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.539 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.985 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.439 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.863 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000axg3 (also filed as gcmtb013002d, gcmt20020130232722, iscgem2787624). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.