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Historic Earthquake
1934 Pahiatua Earthquake
5 March 1934 · North Island · New Zealand
On 5 March 1934 at 11:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck New Zealand (North Island), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 11 km from its boundary with the Kermadec Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 5 March 1934
- Time
- 11:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Ruapehu (136 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1931N · M 7.1
- 19311931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake · M 7.7261 deaths
- 19041904 Cape Turnagain Earthquake · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth