Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 32 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 32 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sat, Jan 5, 2002, 9:40 AM GMT+11 (22:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 77 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-01-04 22:40:32 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.794° S, 168.009° 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
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.261 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.557 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.3103 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.247 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.550 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.175 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 5.079 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 5.444 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.274 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.724 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 5.630 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.831 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 5.438 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.291 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.350 km NE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9035 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 5.227 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9033 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 5.746 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9032 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 4.469 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9032 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.284 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9032 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 4.081 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9032 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 4.425 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9031 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 4.544 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9031 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 4.144 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9030 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 4.946 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9030 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 4.161 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 5.265 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 4.546 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9029 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 5.863 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 5.439 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 3.985 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 4.539 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 4.452 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 4.261 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 4.395 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 6.077 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 5.465 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 4.181 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 4.143 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.259 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 4.557 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 4.546 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 4.277 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 4.954 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 4.433 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 5.253 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9026 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 3.952 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 4.772 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 5.465 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 4.268 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 4.147 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 3.945 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9023 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 3.956 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9023 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 3.952 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9019 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 4.393 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 4.185 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 4.730 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9015 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 4.442 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9006 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 4.6101 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 4.4107 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 4.684 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8998 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 4.734 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.4120 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.571 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.867 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 5.564 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.860 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 4.444 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.924 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 4.140 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.460 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.356 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 3.928 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9038 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.342 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 5.238 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 4.366 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.032 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 4.942 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 6.633 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.312 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.923 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9039 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away

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