Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Vanuatu on Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 8:36 AM GMT+11 (21:36 UTC), 232 km (144 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 92 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-09-07 21:36:18 UTC
Depth
232.0 km (144.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.267° S, 169.468° 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
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used
85

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.550 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8788 days ago · 272 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.884 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8785 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.5104 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8772 days ago · 259 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 5.792 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8763 days ago · 246 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.440 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8750 days ago · 261 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.7105 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8742 days ago · 219 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 5.519 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8738 days ago · 300 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.516 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8795 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.4100 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8796 days ago · 249 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.8Vanuatu · 8802 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.645 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8808 days ago · 272 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 5.124 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8818 days ago · 226 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 6.026 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8819 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bbkc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.