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M7.1 earthquake, Vanuatu, 2023-12-07

MagnitudeM7.1mww

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Depth48 km

Time (UTC)2023-12-07 12:56

Rank in 202314 / 147among M6+

Rank since 19001263 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×45approx.

118 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu · -20.62, 169.31

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.6 2023-12-08	2023-12-08 07:19	49 km	93 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M5.6 2023-12-17	2023-12-17 07:37	8 km	132 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M5.9 2023-12-24	2023-12-24 01:59	10 km	111 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M5.8 2023-12-24	2023-12-24 02:00	10 km	103 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1920 M8.1M8.1

1901 M7.9M7.9

1910 M7.8M7.8

1995 M7.7M7.7

1913 M7.6M7.6

1928 M7.6M7.6

2018 M7.5M7.5

1998 M7.5M7.5

1992 M7.4M7.4

1961 M7.3M7.3

2003 M7.3M7.3

2008 M7.3M7.3

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.0 2023-10-29	2023-10-29 04:32	68 km	53 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.1 2023-05-23	2023-05-23 06:41	10 km	290 km E of Vao, New Caledonia
M6.5 2023-05-20	2023-05-20 02:09	10 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M7.1 2023-05-20	2023-05-20 01:50	27 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.1 2022-12-28	2022-12-28 16:34	4 km	289 km SE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M7.0 2022-09-14	2022-09-14 11:04	137 km	209 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.4 2022-08-14	2022-08-14 21:04	78 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.0 2022-07-11	2022-07-11 21:10	10 km	82 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.4 2022-03-31	2022-03-31 19:50	20 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M7.0 2022-03-31	2022-03-31 05:44	10 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.