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Historic Earthquake
1907 United States of America Earthquake
2 September 1907 · Aleutian Islands · United States of America
On 2 September 1907 at 16:01 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands). It occurred on the North American Plate, 108 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 2 September 1907
- Time
- 16:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Tana (27 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
- 1902Aleutian Islands, Fox 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