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Historic Earthquake
1922 United States of America Earthquake
31 January 1922 · Northern · United States of America
On 31 January 1922 at 13:17 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the United States of America (Northern). It occurred on the Juan de Fuca Plate, 37 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 31 January 1922
- Time
- 13:17 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Plate
- Juan de Fuca Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Escanaba Segment (168 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20242024 Cape Mendocino Earthquake · M 7.0
- 2005Off Coast Northern · M 7.2
- 1994North, Honeydew · M 7.0
- 19921992 Cape Mendocino Earthquakes · M 7.1
- 19801980 Eureka Earthquake · M 7.2
- 1923Northern · M 7.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth