M4.3 earthquake 59 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 59 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Tue, Jun 18, 2002, 9:17 AM GMT+11 (22:17 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 95 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-06-17 22:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.588° S, 167.377° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.295 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8864 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.671 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8857 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.067 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 8856 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.119 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8851 days ago · 200 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.664 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8840 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.353 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8833 days ago · 200 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.333 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8827 days ago · 146 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.719 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8819 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.830 km SE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8818 days ago · 136 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.640 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8817 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b6cf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.