M4.3 earthquake 47 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 47 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Tue, Mar 12, 2002, 11:27 PM GMT+11 (12:27 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 50 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-12 12:27:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.146° S, 168.186° 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.136 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8959 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.627 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8955 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.776 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8940 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.850 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8931 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.159 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8972 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.694 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8976 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.247 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8979 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.451 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8986 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.244 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8995 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.684 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8998 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b063. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.