Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 63 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu on Fri, May 28, 2010, 10:38 AM GMT+11 (23:38 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 23:38:05 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.052° S, 166.989° 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 usp000hd90. 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
116°
Stations used
31

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.999 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.089 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.696 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 5.8103 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.389 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.1100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.498 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.8100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 5.2129 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.5106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.5101 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 5.1100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 5.198 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 5.094 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.894 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 4.9115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5970 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.881 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.3110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.699 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 5.6104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 4.1133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 4.697 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 4.391 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5963 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 4.295 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5962 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 4.973 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5941 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 4.3104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 5.068 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 201 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 6.3118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 4.576 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 4.5131 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.3113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 5.0121 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 4.8106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 4.5112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 4.8112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 4.7112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5935 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 4.1112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5914 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 6.190 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.783 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 5.080 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.492 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.2124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.2124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.1138 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.998 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.290 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 5.368 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.288 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.679 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 5.688 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 5.164 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 7.2100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 13
  16. 4.967 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5978 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 4.150 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5985 days ago · 223 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.860 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5988 days ago · 156 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.154 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5993 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.746 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5998 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hd90. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.