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Historic Earthquake
1943 Puerto Rico Earthquake
29 July 1943 · San Juan · Usa Territory
On 29 July 1943 at 03:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Usa Territory (San Juan), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 128 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 29 July 1943
- Time
- 03:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 15 km
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Usa Territory
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1946Northeastern Coast · M 7.575 deaths
- 19461946 Dominican Republic Earthquake · M 7.91,790 deaths
- 19181918 San Fermín Earthquake · M 7.1144 deaths
- 1916Santo Dominigo · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth