Vanuatu earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 52 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 52 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Wed, Jan 23, 2002, 9:58 PM GMT+11 (10:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 73 km SSE of Lakatoro, 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
2002-01-23 10:58:01 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.449° S, 167.923° 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

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.393 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.185 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.730 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9015 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 5.273 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 9011 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.969 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 9011 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.442 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9007 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.6101 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.4107 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 5.244 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8995 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.451 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8986 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 5.247 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8979 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.347 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8971 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 3.956 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9023 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.945 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.147 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9024 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.268 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 5.465 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.772 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.952 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9025 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 5.253 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.433 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.954 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.277 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.546 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 4.557 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.259 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.143 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.181 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 5.465 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 6.077 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.395 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.261 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 9028 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away

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