Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 104 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 104 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Wed, Apr 28, 2010, 2:30 PM GMT+11 (03:30 UTC), 228 km (142 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.2 100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-04-28 03:30:53 UTC
Depth
228.0 km (141.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
13.084° S, 167.033° 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 usp000hc0d. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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How well it is located

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Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.091 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6003 days ago · 212 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.9Santa Cruz Islands · 5994 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.150 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5986 days ago · 223 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 5.497 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5983 days ago · 204 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 4.2198 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5977 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 7.2100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 13
  7. 5.688 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.679 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.288 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 5.368 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.290 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.998 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.492 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 6.190 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.5100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.999 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.089 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.696 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 4.389 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 4.1100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 4.8100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 5.2129 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 4.5101 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 5.1100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 4.9115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 4.881 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5970 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 4.3110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5969 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 5.6104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 4.1133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 4.697 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 4.295 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5964 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.2108 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6012 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.9200 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6014 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.465 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6017 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 5.087 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 6017 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 5.8149 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6021 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.184 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6025 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.498 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6030 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hc0d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC.