November 9, 1910 Earthquake: Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands on November 9, 1910 at 06:02 UTC, 70 km below the surface.
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
- November 9, 1910
- Time
- 06:02 UTC
- Place
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- Magnitude
- 7.9 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 70 km (43 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 16.000° S, 166.000° 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.
November 9, 1910, 06:02:00 UTC, 16 S, 166 E, depth 70 km, magnitude 7.5 (reference #88).
November 9, 1910, 06:02.0 UTC, 16 S, 166 E, depth 70 km, magnitude 7.75 (reference #130)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 27, 1971, Espiritu Santo, Port Vila, Vanuatu Islands
- July 5, 1964, Espiritu Santo Islands, Vanuatu Islands
- August 13, 1965, Vanuatu Islands
- August 1892, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- August 11, 1965, Vanuatu Islands
- March 19, 1905, Malo Pass, Vanuatu
- December 29, 1973, Luganville, Lamap, Vanuatu Islands
- July 8, 1909, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- April 28, 2016, Vanuatu Islands
- July 27, 1990, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- July 13, 1994, Vanuatu Islands
- December 28, 1973, Espiritu Santo, Luganille, Vanuatu Islands
- August 1, 2007, Luganville, Vanuatu Islands
More
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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 9272.