Vanuatu earthquake 9th March 2012

Vanuatu lies on the Australian/Pacific plate destructive boundary and has been the location of many earthquakes recently of similar most of which are at depths of 35km. The biggest tsunami so far was 23cm. However being on a destructive margin means that tsunamis are likely.

An earthquake of  7.1 occured in Vanuatu at a depth of 35km. The news reports no Tsunami. Which just shows what journalists know. The earthquake was deep and did not disturb the sea floor therefore no uplift of the water column above and no tsunami. No doubt the media were dissapointed as they love a disaster. There was no chanc of a tsunami. So the news is there is no news - thankfully!


Friday, March 9, 2012 10:47:03 PM at epicenter
Depth: 35.10 km (21.81 mi)