M4.1 earthquake 59 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 59 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Mon, Mar 11, 2002, 3:19 AM GMT+11 (16:19 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 27 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-10 16:19:08 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.031° S, 168.783° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.347 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8972 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.136 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8960 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.627 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8957 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b026. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC.