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2010 Vanuatu Earthquake
25 December 2010 · Vanuatu
On 25 December 2010 at 13:16 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu, at a depth of 16 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 10 km from its boundary with the New Hebrides Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 25 December 2010
- Time
- 13:16 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 16 km
- Injuries
- 4
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (4.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Yasur (158 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1944Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1925Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 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