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Historic Earthquake
1924 Australia Earthquake
24 July 1924 · Macquarie Island, North Of · Australia
On 24 July 1924 at 04:55 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Australia (Macquarie Island, North Of), at a depth of 50 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 269 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 24 July 1924
- Time
- 04:55 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 50 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Australia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Tasman Sea Earthquake · M 8.1
- 1926Macquarie Island, North Of · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth