M4.5 earthquake 40 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 40 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Mon, Oct 7, 2002, 4:27 PM GMT+11 (05:27 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-07 05:27:48 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.725° S, 167.935° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.955 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8754 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.655 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8738 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.342 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8725 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.472 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8717 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.015 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8709 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdz8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.