Largest Earthquakes in or Near Vanuatu on Record Since 1900

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Since 1900, Vanuatu has had 80 quakes of magnitudes up to 8.1:

2 quakes above magnitude 8
78 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8

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Latest: Mag. 7.1 Earthquake 118 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu -

Strongest: Mag. 8.1 Earthquake 97 km WSW of Isangel, Vanuatu -

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 7.9 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (80 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Vanuatu on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 7, 2023 11:56 pm (GMT +11)	7.1 48 km	75 km (47 mi) to the SE	Coral Sea, 70 km southwest of Anatom Island, Tafea, Vanuatu 29 reports	Info
Sunday, January 8, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 8, 2023 11:32 pm (Efate)	7.0 29 km	9 km (5.6 mi) to the N	Coral Sea, 43 km north of Marina Island, Santo/Malo, Vanuatu 10 reports	Info
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 14, 2022 10:04 pm (GMT +11)	7.0 137 km	112 km (70 mi) to the SE	209 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu 28 reports	Info
Thursday, April 28, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 29, 2016 06:33 am (Efate)	7.0 28 km	2 km (1.2 mi) to the N	Vanuatu Islands 2 reports	Info
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 21, 2015 08:52 am (Efate)	7.1 143 km	21 km (13 mi) to the N	Coral Sea, 33 km northeast of Port-Olry, Santo/Malo, Vanuatu 8 reports	Info
Thursday, February 2, 2012 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 3, 2012 12:34 am (GMT +11)	7.1 23 km	108 km (67 mi) to the NE	Vanuatu	Info
Saturday, September 3, 2011 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 4, 2011 09:55 am (GMT +11)	7.0 185 km	48 km (30 mi) to the SE	Vanuatu	Info
Saturday, August 20, 2011 GMT (2 quakes)
Aug 21, 2011 05:19 am (GMT +11)	7.1 28 km	56 km (35 mi) to the E	Vanuatu	Info
Aug 21, 2011 03:55 am (GMT +11)	7.2 32 km	65 km (40 mi) to the E	Vanuatu	Info
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 10, 2010 04:23 pm (Efate)	7.3 25 km	17 km (10.6 mi) to the NE	Vanuatu	Info
Thursday, May 27, 2010 GMT (1 quake)
May 28, 2010 04:14 am (GMT +11)	7.2 31 km	27 km (17 mi) to the N	Vanuatu	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 7.7 x 10¹⁷ joules (2.1 x 10⁵ gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.8 x 10⁸ tons of TNT or 11480.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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