M3.9 earthquake 105 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 105 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu on Sun, Apr 6, 2003, 8:28 PM GMT+11 (09:28 UTC), 300 km (186 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-06 09:28:51 UTC
- Depth
- 300.0 km (186.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.570° S, 168.798° 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 usp000buhv. 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
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.654 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8578 days ago · 300 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.579 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8577 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.760 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · 8576 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.128 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8562 days ago · 350 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5103 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8551 days ago · 200 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.591 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 8541 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000buhv. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.