M5.0 earthquake 84 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 84 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu on Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 11:20 AM GMT+11 (00:20 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 81 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-20 00:20:24 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.299° S, 169.234° E
- Region
- Vanuatu
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 since this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0110 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 21 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.481 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 20 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.861 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 20 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.278 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7164 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.157 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 12 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.986 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.476 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu · 9 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tm16. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.