Vanuatu earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 77 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 77 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Mon, Oct 7, 2002, 6:34 AM GMT+11 (19:34 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 74 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-10-06 19:34:23 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.823° S, 167.754° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.440 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8764 days ago · 178 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.725 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8764 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.338 km ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.844 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8737 days ago · 119 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.546 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8736 days ago · 146 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.823 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8734 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.552 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8733 days ago · 200 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 5.825 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8727 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.748 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8722 days ago · 135 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.366 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8720 days ago · 138 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.567 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 8719 days ago · 200 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.635 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8717 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 4.830 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8715 days ago · 150 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 5.974 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8713 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 4.396 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8713 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 4.381 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8713 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 4.455 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8713 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 4.775 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8713 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.587 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8712 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 5.374 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8712 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 4.666 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8712 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 5.074 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8712 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 4.638 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8712 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 4.649 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8710 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 4.872 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8708 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.610 km S of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8773 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.384 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8774 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.829 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8780 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.591 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8781 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 5.074 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu · 8789 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdyf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.