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Historic Earthquake
1929 United States of America Earthquake
7 March 1929 · Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · United States of America
On 7 March 1929 at 01:34 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands), at a depth of 50 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 50 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 7 March 1929
- Time
- 01:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 50 km
- Maximum Intensity
- V (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Yunaska (187 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2011Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.3
- 1916Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.5
- 1907Aleutian Islands · M 7.8
- 1902Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.8
- 1901Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth