Earthquake details

Tuesday, August 6, 1912 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Vanuatu on Tuesday, August 6, 1912 at 21:11 UTC with a magnitude of 7.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Port Vila (Vanuatu - VA), about 438.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 166.842 and latitude -14.056.

Magnitude	7.3
Alert	Extreme
Depth	165.0 km
Coordinates	-14.056, 166.842
UTC time	1912-08-06 21:11:16.260

Location	79 km WSW of Sola
Country	Vanuatu (VA)
Severity	Extreme

Earthquake map 1912-08-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Port Vila	438.9 km
Honiara	910.3 km
Noumea	915.8 km
Lautoka	1202.9 km
Nadi	1206.0 km
Suva	1319.1 km
Nasinu	1325.6 km
Arawa	1511.0 km
Tarawa	1841.3 km
Hervey Bay	1930.9 km
Bundaberg	1936.9 km
Gladstone	1967.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5

80 km NW of Sola

Vanuatu · 2026-10-17 07:40 UTC

82.0 km

M 5.2

157 km W of Sola

Vanuatu · 2026-10-15 13:06 UTC

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M 4.7

Port Vila

Vanuatu · 2026-09-12 15:56 UTC

77.4 km

M 4.9

65 km NNW of Sola

Vanuatu · 2026-09-10 22:54 UTC

97.0 km

M 4.4

Port Vila

Vanuatu · 2026-09-05 12:55 UTC

53.0 km

M 6.1

Port Vila

Vanuatu · 2026-08-16 03:20 UTC

66.5 km

M 5.0

96 km NNW of Port-Olry

Vanuatu · 2026-07-24 23:44 UTC

23.4 km

M 4.9

4 km WNW of Sola

Vanuatu · 2026-07-24 22:39 UTC

74.9 km

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