M4.6 earthquake 27 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 27 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Thu, Mar 28, 2002, 2:12 AM GMT+11 (15:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 50 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-27 15:12:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.840° S, 168.081° 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 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.776 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8941 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.850 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8932 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.136 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8959 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8971 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.159 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8973 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.694 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8977 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.247 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8980 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b16d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.