Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 95 km W of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 95 km W of Sola, Vanuatu on Mon, Jun 7, 2010, 5:19 PM GMT+11 (06:19 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-06-07 06:19:38 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.906° S, 166.672° 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 usp000hdp3. 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

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
17

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.973 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5942 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.3104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5939 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 5.068 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 201 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 6.3118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.576 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.5131 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.3113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 5.0121 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.8106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.5112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.8112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.7112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.1112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5914 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 4.7134 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5905 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.771 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5905 days ago · 222 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.391 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5964 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.697 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.1133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 5.6104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.699 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.3110 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5968 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.881 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5969 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.9115 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.894 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5971 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 5.094 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 5.198 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 5.1100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.5101 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.5106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5972 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 5.2129 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.8100 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 4.498 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 4.1100 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.389 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 5.8103 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5973 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hdp3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.