Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 98 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 98 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Fri, May 28, 2010, 5:04 AM GMT+11 (18:04 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-05-27 18:04:39 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.590° S, 166.688° 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 usp000hd8d. 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
100°
Stations used
23

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1138 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.2124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.2124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.492 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 5.080 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.783 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 6.190 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 4.963 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.5100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.999 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.089 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.696 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 5.8103 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.389 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.1100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.498 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.8100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 5.2129 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.5106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.5101 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 41 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 5.1100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 5.198 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 5.094 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 4.894 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 4.9115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 4.881 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5969 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 4.3110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 4.699 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 5.6104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 4.1133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 4.697 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 4.391 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5964 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 4.295 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5963 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 4.973 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5942 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 4.3104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 6.3118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 4.576 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 4.5131 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 4.3113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 5.0121 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 4.8106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 4.5112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 4.8112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 4.7112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 4.5186 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5917 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 4.1112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5914 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 4.290 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 5.368 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.288 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.679 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 5.688 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 7.2100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 13
  7. 4.967 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5978 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 5.497 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5982 days ago · 204 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.150 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5985 days ago · 223 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.9Santa Cruz Islands · 5992 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 5.091 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6002 days ago · 212 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.4104 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 6003 days ago · 228 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hd8d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.