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Historic Earthquake
1920 New Caledonia Earthquake
20 September 1920 · Loyalty Islands · New Caledonia
On 20 September 1920 at 14:39 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the New Hebrides Plate, 54 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 82nd most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 20 September 1920
- Time
- 14:39 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 25 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Yasur (113 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1950Vanuatu · M 7.8
- 1944Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1925Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1913Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1913Vanuatu · M 8.1
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 1910Vanuatu · M 7.5
- 1901Loyalty Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth