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Historic Earthquake
1910 Vanuatu Earthquake
9 November 1910 · Espiritu Santo · Vanuatu
On 9 November 1910 at 06:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo), at a depth of 70 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 33 km from its boundary with the New Hebrides Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 9 November 1910
- Time
- 06:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 70 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Vanuatu
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19991999 Ambrym Earthquake · M 7.510 deaths
- 1985Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1985Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1973Espiritu Santo, Luganille · M 7.5
- 1965Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1964Espiritu Santo Islands · M 7.5
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1903Vanuatu · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth