May 10, 1875 Earthquake: Vanuatu Islands
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands on May 10, 1875. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- May 10, 1875
- Place
- Vanuatu Islands
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 18.500° S, 168.000° E
- Country
- Vanuatu
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #414:
1875, May 10. On Eromanga Island, following the earthquake,
there were waves on the coast, which rolled stones back and forth.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 28, 1875, Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- December 17, 2024, Efate, Port Vila, Vanuatu Islands
- August 20, 2011, Vanuatu Islands
- August 20, 2011, Vanuatu Islands
- January 24, 1927, Port Vila, Vanuatu
- July 23, 1961, Vanuatu Islands
- March 22, 1925, Vanuatu Islands
- December 2, 1950, Vanuatu Islands
- August 17, 1863, Vanuatu Islands
- January 10, 1878, Tanna Island, Vanuatu
- February 11, 1878, Vanuatu Islands
- August 1878, Vanuatu Islands
- January 9, 2011, Vanuatu Islands
- June 2, 2009, Tongoa, Vanuatu Islands
- July 31, 1893, Vanuatu Islands
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 6183.