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Historic Earthquake
1932 Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) Earthquake
26 May 1932 · Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
On 26 May 1932 at 16:09 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands (New Zealand), at a depth of 600 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 307 km from its boundary with the Kermadec Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 26 May 1932
- Time
- 16:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 600 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2002Fiji · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth