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Historic Earthquake
1916 United States of America Earthquake
18 April 1916 · Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · United States of America
On 18 April 1916 at 04:01 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands), at a depth of 170 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 187 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 18 April 1916
- Time
- 04:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 170 km
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Uliaga (30 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
- 1907Aleutian Islands · M 7.8
- 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