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Historic Earthquake
1937 Fiji Earthquake
16 April 1937 · Fiji
On 16 April 1937 at 03:01 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Fiji, at a depth of 400 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 62 km from its boundary with the Tonga Plate (mid-ocean ridge). It is the 86th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 16 April 1937
- Time
- 03:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 400 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Fiji
- Nearest Volcano
- Tofua Arc at 21.1°S (135 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20092009 Tonga Earthquake · M 7.6
- 2002Fiji · M 7.7
- 19971997 Fiji-Tonga Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19771977 Tonga Earthquake · M 7.21 deaths
- 1957Fiji · M 7.5
- 1950Tonga · M 7.7
- 1919Fiji · M 7.8
- 1903Tonga · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth