M4.7 earthquake 82 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 82 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Wed, Mar 5, 2003, 9:11 PM GMT+11 (10:11 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 50 km SW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-05 10:11:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.164° S, 167.818° 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 usp000brzv. 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
- 162°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.424 km NE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8589 days ago · 250 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8586 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.498 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 8575 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.485 km SSW of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 8568 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.150 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8561 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.137 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8636 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.054 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8638 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.338 km SE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 8639 days ago · 200 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.654 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu · 8639 days ago · 190 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.935 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8639 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000brzv. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.