Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 120 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 120 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Jan 5, 2002, 2:34 AM GMT+11 (15:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 61 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-01-04 15:34:26 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.467° S, 167.465° E
Region
Vanuatu
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.734 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.832 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 5.261 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.557 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.3103 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.247 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.175 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.081 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9032 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.946 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9030 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.161 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.261 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.395 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 5.253 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.268 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.393 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 4.185 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 5.244 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8995 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.867 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 5.564 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.860 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.444 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.140 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.460 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.356 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.342 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 5.238 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.366 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.032 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.942 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 5.135 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.745 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.548 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.929 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 4.734 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 5.444 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 5.241 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.3160 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9049 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away

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