New Hebrides Plate
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New Hebrides Plate
The New Hebrides Plate is a minor tectonic plate located in the Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu. The plate is bounded on the southwest by the Indo-Australian Plate which is subducting below it. The New Hebrides Subduction Zone is extremely active, producing over 20 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher in just the past 25 years. The latest quake occurred on April 9, 2008, with a magnitude of 7.3. The quake occurred 35 km (22 mi) deep, with the epicenter located about 70 km (43 mi) southwest of the island of Tanna in Vanuatu.[1]
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- ^ Magnitude 7.3 - LOYALTY ISLANDS USGS Earthquake Summary
- Calmant, S., B. Pelletier, P. Lebellegard, M. Bevis, F. W. Taylor, and D. A. Phillips (2003), New insights on the tectonics along the New Hebrides subduction zone based on GPS results, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B6), 2319, doi:[http://dx.doi.org/10.1029%2F2001JB000644 10.1029/2001JB000644.]
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