M4.4 earthquake 153 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 153 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu on Fri, Aug 7, 2026, 11:24 PM GMT+11 (12:24 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 201 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. 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
- 2026-08-07 12:24:04 UTC
- Depth
- 128.9 km (80.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 12.919° S, 166.520° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 since this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.471 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 57 days ago · 201 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4139 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 50 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.0198 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 36 days ago · 222 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8190 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.9130 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 24 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8124 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 23 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.694 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 17 days ago · 227 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0201 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tjzf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.