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Historic Earthquake
1902 United States of America Earthquake
1 January 1902 · Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · United States of America
On 1 January 1902 at 05:20 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands). It occurred on the North American Plate, 49 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 1 January 1902
- Time
- 05:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Recheschnoi (109 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2011Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.3
- 1929Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.8
- 1917Alaska Peninsula · M 7.9
- 1916Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.5
- 1907Aleutian Islands · M 7.8
- 1901Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth