M4.4 earthquake 70 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 70 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Fri, Sep 27, 2002, 11:34 PM GMT+11 (12:34 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-27 12:34:54 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.556° S, 166.652° 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
- 13
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.610 km S of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8772 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.283 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 8766 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8764 days ago · 178 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.844 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8737 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.823 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8734 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.552 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8732 days ago · 200 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.825 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8727 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.567 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 8719 days ago · 200 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.635 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8716 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.830 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8715 days ago · 150 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bd7w. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC.