Vanuatu earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 76 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 76 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Fri, Jul 2, 2010, 5:23 PM GMT+11 (06:23 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 68 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2010-07-02 06:23:38 UTC
Depth
32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.689° S, 166.867° 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 usp000het6. 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
87°
Stations used
30

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5131 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.3113 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 5.3105 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 5.0121 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.8106 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.5112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.8112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.7112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5936 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.1112 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5914 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.7134 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5905 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.771 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5904 days ago · 222 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 5.968 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5898 days ago · 192 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 5.1149 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5897 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.578 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5888 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 6.3118 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5937 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.3104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5938 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.973 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5941 days ago · 49 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.295 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5962 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.391 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5964 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.697 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.1133 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 5.6104 km W of Sola, Vanuatu · 5967 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000het6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC.