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Historic Earthquake
1905 Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) Earthquake
18 March 1905 · Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
On 18 March 1905 at 00:58 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands (New Zealand), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 247 km from its boundary with the Kermadec Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 18 March 1905
- Time
- 00:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1961Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.5
- 1956Tonga · M 7.0
- 1955Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth