M4.5 earthquake 103 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 103 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, May 8, 2003, 10:58 AM GMT+11 (23:58 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 91 km NNW of Isangel, 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
- 2003-05-07 23:58:38 UTC
- Depth
- 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.730° S, 168.792° E
- Region
- Vanuatu
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000bwte. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.591 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8541 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.773 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8504 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwte. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.