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Historic Earthquake
1964 Vanuatu Earthquake
5 July 1964 · Espiritu Santo Islands · Vanuatu
On 5 July 1964, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo Islands). It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 30 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 5 July 1964
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Nearest Volcano
- Ambae (Manaro Voui) (144 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20092009 Vanuatu Earthquakes · M 7.6
- 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
- 1910Espiritu Santo · M 7.9
- 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