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Historic Earthquake
1929 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Earthquake
27 June 1929 · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
On 27 June 1929 at 12:47 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Sandwich Plate, 30 km from its boundary with the Scotia Plate (mid-ocean ridge). It is the 84th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 27 June 1929
- Time
- 12:47 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 15 km
- Plate
- Sandwich Plate
- Country
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Protector Seamounts (95 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2016South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · M 7.4
- 1961South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth