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M7.3 earthquake, Vanuatu, 2010-08-10

MagnitudeM7.3mwc

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Depth25 km

Time (UTC)2010-08-10 05:23

Rank in 201011 / 174among M6+

Rank since 1900760 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×89approx.

33 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu · -17.54, 168.07

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

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.9 2010-08-11	2010-08-11 03:35	35 km	64 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M5.5 2010-08-11	2010-08-11 20:20	28 km	62 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M5.5 2010-08-12	2010-08-12 08:56	35 km	64 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1920 M8.1M8.1

1950 M7.9M7.9

1910 M7.8M7.8

1913 M7.6M7.6

1965 M7.6M7.6

1999 M7.5M7.5

1910 M7.4M7.4

1965 M7.4M7.4

1992 M7.4M7.4

1961 M7.3M7.3

2008 M7.3M7.3

1911 M7.3M7.3

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2010-07-22	2010-07-22 05:03	6 km	115 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu
M6.0 2010-06-09	2010-06-09 23:23	12 km	106 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.0 2009-06-12	2009-06-12 09:44	15 km	55 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.3 2009-06-02	2009-06-02 02:17	15 km	38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.1 2008-12-09	2008-12-09 17:28	224 km	83 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
M6.3 2008-11-04	2008-11-04 18:35	206 km	68 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.2 2008-09-08	2008-09-08 03:03	36 km	50 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.4 2008-04-28	2008-04-28 18:33	32 km	56 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.3 2008-04-09	2008-04-09 14:47	35 km	66 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M7.3 2008-04-09	2008-04-09 12:46	33 km	71 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu

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.