July 5, 1964 Earthquake: Espiritu Santo Islands, Vanuatu Islands
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Espiritu Santo Islands, Vanuatu Islands on July 5, 1964.
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
- July 5, 1964
- Place
- Espiritu Santo Islands, Vanuatu Islands
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 15.500° S, 166.500° E
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Region
- Central and South Pacific
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1002 Lomnitz, Cinna (1974). Development in Geotectonics #5, Global Tectonics and Earthquake Risk, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 27, 1971, Espiritu Santo, Port Vila, Vanuatu Islands
- August 1892, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- August 13, 1965, Vanuatu Islands
- December 29, 1973, Luganville, Lamap, Vanuatu Islands
- July 8, 1909, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- March 19, 1905, Malo Pass, Vanuatu
- November 9, 1910, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- August 11, 1965, Vanuatu Islands
- July 27, 1990, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Islands
- April 28, 2016, Vanuatu Islands
- December 28, 1973, Espiritu Santo, Luganille, Vanuatu Islands
- August 1, 2007, Luganville, Vanuatu Islands
- April 3, 2016, Vanuatu Islands
- August 11, 1970, Solomon Islands
- July 13, 1994, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 4324.