M4.4 earthquake 139 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 139 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu on Sun, Aug 16, 2026, 10:19 PM GMT+11 (11:19 UTC), 113 km (70 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
- 2026-08-16 11:19:57 UTC
- Depth
- 112.8 km (70.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 12.968° S, 166.659° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 since this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0198 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 32 days ago · 222 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8190 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 31 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.965 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 20 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8124 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 19 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.694 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 13 days ago · 227 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0201 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tmh7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.