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Historic Earthquake
1909 Fiji Earthquake
22 February 1909 · Fiji
On 22 February 1909 at 09:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Fiji, at a depth of 550 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 244 km from its boundary with the Niuafo'ou Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 22 February 1909
- Time
- 09:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 550 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Fiji
- Nearest Volcano
- Taveuni (165 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2018Fiji · M 7.9
- 20182018 Fiji Earthquake · M 8.2
- 1994Fiji · M 7.6
- 1957Fiji · M 7.5
- 1919Fiji · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth