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Historic Earthquake
1901 New Caledonia Earthquake
9 August 1901 · Loyalty Islands · New Caledonia
On 9 August 1901 at 13:01 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands). It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 66 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 9 August 1901
- Time
- 13:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Gemini-Oscostar (117 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2023Loyalty Islands · M 7.7
- 20212021 Loyalty Islands Earthquake · M 7.7
- 1995Noumea, Vanuatu · M 7.7
- 1943Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1928Loyalty Islands · M 7.5
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth