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Historic Earthquake
2012 Vanuatu Earthquake
2 February 2012 · Vanuatu
On 2 February 2012 at 13:34 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Vanuatu, at a depth of 23 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 17 km from its boundary with the New Hebrides Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 2 February 2012
- Time
- 13:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 23 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Nearest Volcano
- Nguna-Emau (136 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1965Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1925Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1920Loyalty Islands · M 8.1
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Espiritu Santo · M 7.9
- 1910Vanuatu · 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