M4.8 earthquake Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Thu, Aug 29, 2002, 2:34 PM GMT+11 (03:34 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-29 03:34:24 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.700° S, 169.304° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.516 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8795 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.884 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8793 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7Vanuatu · 8793 days ago · 232 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.780 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8792 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.480 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8792 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.550 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8788 days ago · 272 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.884 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8785 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.375 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8773 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.440 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8750 days ago · 261 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000baug. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.