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Historic Earthquake
1942 South Africa Earthquake
10 November 1942 · Prince Edward Island · South Africa
On 10 November 1942 at 11:41 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck South Africa (Prince Edward Island), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Antarctic Plate, 109 km from its boundary with the African Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 10 November 1942
- Time
- 11:41 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Country
- South Africa
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth