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Historic Earthquake
1929 Murchison Earthquake
16 June 1929 · South Island · New Zealand
On 16 June 1929 at 22:47 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck New Zealand (South Island). It occurred on the Australian Plate, 87 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 17 people.
- Date
- 16 June 1929
- Time
- 22:47 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Deaths
- 17
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 20102010 Canterbury Earthquake · M 7.0
- 19681968 Inangahua Earthquake · M 7.13 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth