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1914 Palau Earthquake
23 October 1914 · Caroline Islands · Palau
On 23 October 1914 at 06:18 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Palau (Caroline Islands), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 94 km from its boundary with the Caroline Plate (mid-ocean ridge).
- Date
- 23 October 1914
- Time
- 06:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Palau
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth