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Historic Earthquake
1919 Fiji Earthquake
1 January 1919 · Fiji
On 1 January 1919 at 03:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Fiji, at a depth of 485 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 162 km from its boundary with the Niuafo'ou Plate (mid-ocean ridge). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 1 January 1919
- Time
- 03:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 485 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Fiji
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth