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Historic Earthquake
1902 Usa Territory Earthquake
22 September 1902 · Agana · Usa Territory
On 22 September 1902 at 01:46 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Usa Territory (Agana), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Mariana Plate, 121 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (oceanic transform fault). It is the 69th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 22 September 1902
- Time
- 01:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Mariana Plate
- Country
- Usa Territory
- Nearest Volcano
- Pagan (26 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2016Usa Territory · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth