M4.5 earthquake 57 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 57 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Fri, Jan 31, 2003, 10:15 AM GMT+11 (23:15 UTC), 147 km (91 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 101 km SSE of Sola, 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
- 2003-01-30 23:15:57 UTC
- Depth
- 146.6 km (91.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.530° S, 167.147° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.835 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8648 days ago · 124 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.767 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8647 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.742 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8640 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.9101 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu · 8638 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.157 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8632 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.438 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 8628 days ago · 200 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.535 km S of Sola, Vanuatu · 8610 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.769 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu · 8593 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.753 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8591 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.723 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 8590 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayVanuatu earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bpnp. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.