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Historic Earthquake
1942 Philippines Earthquake
8 April 1942 · Mindoro · Philippines
On 8 April 1942 at 15:40 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Philippines (Mindoro), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 264 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 8 April 1942
- Time
- 15:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Philippines
- Nearest Volcano
- Taal (57 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19991999 Luzon Earthquake · M 7.35 deaths
- 19901990 Luzon Earthquake · M 7.82,412 deaths
- 19731973 Ragay Gulf Earthquake · M 7.515 deaths
- 1970Luzon · M 7.315 deaths
- 1937Luzon · M 7.51 deaths
- 1907Se Luzon, Camarines · M 7.62 deaths
- 1907Se Luzon, Camarines · M 7.4
- 1901Luzon · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth