M4.3 earthquake 42 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 42 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Fri, Nov 15, 2002, 1:01 PM GMT+11 (02:01 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 84 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
- 2002-11-15 02:01:55 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.807° S, 167.922° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.472 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8717 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.015 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8709 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.887 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8677 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.484 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8674 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.591 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8671 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.986 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8669 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.458 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8666 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bhpw. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.