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Port vila / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Date & time | Mar 23, 2022 21:57:00 UTC - |
Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Mar 24, 2022 at 8:57 am (GMT +11) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 6 |
Depth | 115.7 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 15.1542°S / 167.3908°E ![]() |
Antipode | 15.154°N / 12.609°W |
Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
Felt | 1 report |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Aoba (54 km / 34 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 36 km (23 mi) ESE of Port-Olry (pop: 1,950) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 47 km (30 mi) NNE of Santo (Luganville) (pop: 13,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 101 km (63 mi) N of Norsup (pop: 3,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 143 km (89 mi) S of Sola (pop: 1,170) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 304 km (189 mi) NNW of Port Vila (pop: 35,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) NNE of St. Bartholomew Island (pop: 4,270) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 125 km (77 mi) N of Malakula Island (pop: 22,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds ![]() |
Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.0 | 116 km | 36 Km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | USGS |
6.1 | 122 km | VANUATU | EMSC |
5.5 | 149 km | Vanuatu: Near Nouméa | RENASS |
6.0 | 116 km | Vanuatu Islands | RaspberryShake |
6.0 | 104 km | Vanuatu Islands [Sea: Vanuatu] | INGV |
6.0 | 170 km | Vanuatu Islands | GFZ |
6.0 | 116 km | Vanuatu Islands | GeoAu |
Date and time![]() | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
Sep 8, 2022 22:13 28 weeks ago | 4.6 124 km | Coral Sea, 55 km NE of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Sep 5, 2022 18:20 28 weeks ago | 4.6 126 km | Coral Sea, 78 km N of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Sep 3, 2022 11:35 28 weeks ago | 4.7 118 km | Coral Sea, 38 km NE of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Sep 3, 2022 11:01 28 weeks ago | 4.6 161 km | Coral Sea, 98 km N of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Sep 3, 2022 05:57 28 weeks ago | 4.8 120 km | Coral Sea, 68 km N of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Jul 24, 2022 19:30 34 weeks ago | 5.0 129 km | Coral Sea, 78 km N of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Jul 14, 2022 23:17 36 weeks ago | 5.1 22 km | Coral Sea, 61 km NW of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Jul 14, 2022 17:50 36 weeks ago | 5.8 22 km | Coral Sea, 58 km NW of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Jul 8, 2022 01:01 37 weeks ago | 5.4 95 km | Coral Sea, 72 km N of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Jun 13, 2022 17:26 40 weeks ago | 4.9 224 km | Penama Province, 70 km E of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
May 11, 2022 14:20 45 weeks ago | 5.2 123 km | Coral Sea, 45 km NE of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
May 6, 2022 08:41 46 weeks ago | 5.0 56 km | Coral Sea, 66 km NW of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Apr 8, 2022 19:40 50 weeks ago | 5.0 111 km | Coral Sea, 70 km NE of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Mar 29, 2022 04:08 51 weeks ago | 4.5 133 km | Coral Sea, 94 km N of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |
Mar 24, 2022 08:09 52 weeks ago | 4.6 133 km | Coral Sea, 51 km NE of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu | More |