March 25, 2007 Earthquake: Vanuatu Islands
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands on March 25, 2007 at 00:40:01 UTC, 34 km below the surface. 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
- March 25, 2007
- Time
- 00:40:01 UTC
- Place
- Vanuatu Islands
- Magnitude
- 7.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 34 km (21 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 20.617° S, 169.357° 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.
A tsunami was generated with maximum wave heights (peak-
to-through) of 16 cm at Port-Vila, Vanuatu and 4 cm at
Honiara, Solomon Islands. Felt (III) at Port- Vila.
Felt (III) at Mont-Dore, New Caledonia. Also felt at
Noumea and Yate, New Caledonia. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 28, 1875, Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- February 12, 1994, Vanuatu Islands
- December 7, 2023, Tanna Island, Vanuatu
- April 9, 2008, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- June 1, 1910, Vanuatu Islands
- April 28, 2008, Vanuatu Islands
- November 2, 1972, Tanna, Anatom, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- January 13, 2011, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- November 19, 2017, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- September 20, 1920, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- October 31, 2017, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- May 10, 2011, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- November 1, 2017, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- November 19, 2017, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- October 16, 2018, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
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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 7459.