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Historic Earthquake
1924 Australia Earthquake
26 June 1924 · Macquarie Island · Australia
On 26 June 1924 at 01:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Australia (Macquarie Island). It occurred on the Australian Plate, 44 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (oceanic transform fault). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 26 June 1924
- Time
- 01:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Australia
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth