Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Sat, May 29, 2010, 12:44 AM GMT+11 (13:44 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
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-05-28 13:44:17 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.543° S, 166.687° 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 usp000hda5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
65

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2129 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.5106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.5101 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 41 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 5.1100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 5.198 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 5.094 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.894 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.9115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.881 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5969 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.3110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.699 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 5.6104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 4.1133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 4.697 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.391 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5964 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.295 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5963 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 4.973 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5942 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 4.3104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5939 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 6.3118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 4.576 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 4.5131 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 4.3113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 5.0121 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 4.8106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 4.5112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 4.8112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 4.7112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 4.5186 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5917 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 4.1112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5914 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 4.498 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.1100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.389 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 5.8103 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.696 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.089 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.999 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.5100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.963 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 6.190 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.783 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 5.080 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.492 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.2124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.2124 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.1138 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 4.998 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 4.290 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 5.368 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.288 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5974 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hda5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.