M4.7 earthquake 95 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 95 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu on Sun, Sep 6, 2026, 8:06 AM GMT+11 (21:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 95 km ESE 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-05 21:06:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.914° S, 170.104° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 since this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.295 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 15 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.278 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.186 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.983 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.157 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 11 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 5.689 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 17 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.861 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · 19 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.481 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 20 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0110 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu · 21 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.772 km E of Isangel, Vanuatu · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tel1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.