M4.5 earthquake Vanuatu region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 3:23 AM GMT+11 (16:23 UTC), 630 km (391 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-25 16:23:33 UTC
- Depth
- 629.8 km (391.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 14.271° S, 170.515° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 133
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 since this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tbsj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.