M4.5 earthquake 91 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 91 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Wed, Jan 8, 2003, 3:56 AM GMT+11 (16:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 86 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-07 16:56:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.033° S, 167.511° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.986 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8669 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.458 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8666 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.660 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8658 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.845 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8658 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.488 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8655 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.643 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8651 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.935 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8639 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.054 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8638 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.137 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8636 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bn7f. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC.