June 16, 1910 Earthquake: Vanuatu Islands
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands on June 16, 1910 at 06:30:42 UTC, 100 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
- June 16, 1910
- Time
- 06:30:42 UTC
- Place
- Vanuatu Islands
- Magnitude
- 7.9 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 100 km (62 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 19.000° S, 169.500° 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.
June 16, 1910, 06:30:42 UTC, 19 S, 169.5 E, depth 100 km, magnitude 8.6 MS. (reference #88)
June 16, 1910, 06:30.7 UTC, 19 S, 160.5 E, magnitude 8.1 MS. (reference #130)
June 16, 1910, 06:30.7 UTC, 19 S, 169.5 E, depth 100 km, magnitude 8.6 MS. (reference #1006)
1910, June 16, 06:30:42 UTC. 19 S, 169.5 E, 100 km depth, 7.9 mB ABE1, 8.1 UK G&R, 8.6 UK B&D, 8.6 UK PAS. (reference #9910)
1910, June 16, 06:30:43.13 UTC, 19.572 S, 169.438 E, 100 km depth, 7.85 Mw (reference #10476)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 28, 1875, Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- March 9, 2012, Vanuatu Islands
- November 24, 1944, Vanuatu Islands
- July 2, 1953, Vanuatu Islands
- July 13, 1952, Vanuatu Islands
- October 14, 1913, Vanuatu Islands
- April 14, 2012, Vanuatu Islands
- August 17, 1863, Vanuatu Islands
- January 10, 1878, Tanna Island, Vanuatu
- February 11, 1878, Vanuatu Islands
- August 1878, Vanuatu Islands
- March 22, 1925, Vanuatu Islands
- April 28, 2008, Vanuatu Islands
- June 1, 1910, Vanuatu Islands
- November 10, 1913, 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 2909.