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Historic Earthquake
1903 Vanuatu Earthquake
13 May 1903 · Vanuatu
On 13 May 1903 at 06:34 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Vanuatu, at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 103 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 13 May 1903
- Time
- 06:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Nearest Volcano
- East Epi (55 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1965Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1944Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1925Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1913Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Espiritu Santo · M 7.9
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth