M4.4 earthquake 71 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 71 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu on Sun, Aug 9, 2026, 6:05 PM GMT+11 (07:05 UTC), 201 km (125 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 65 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-09 07:05:28 UTC
- Depth
- 200.9 km (124.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 13.298° S, 167.261° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 since this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4139 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 46 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.965 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 21 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.8124 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.694 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 227 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.4153 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 55 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.915 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 69 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 6.063 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 69 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 5.155 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu · 69 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4127 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 82 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tjde. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.