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Historic Earthquake
1943 Australia Earthquake
6 September 1943 · Macquarie Island · Australia
On 6 September 1943 at 03:41 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Australia (Macquarie Island), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 51 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 6 September 1943
- Time
- 03:41 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Australia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1989Macquarie Station, New Zealand · M 8.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth