M4.8 earthquake 29 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 29 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Sat, Sep 21, 2002, 4:52 PM GMT+11 (05:52 UTC), 128 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 25 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-21 05:52:27 UTC
- Depth
- 128.4 km (79.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.942° S, 167.324° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.470 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8774 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.384 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8773 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.610 km S of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8772 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.977 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8764 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8764 days ago · 178 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.338 km ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.844 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8737 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.546 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8735 days ago · 146 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.823 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8734 days ago · 128 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.552 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8732 days ago · 200 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.825 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8727 days ago · 132 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.748 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8722 days ago · 135 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.591 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8781 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.074 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8789 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.842 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8797 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.722 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8800 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.832 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8806 days ago · 124 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bcsw. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC.