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Historic Earthquake
1947 Gisborne Earthquakes and Tsunami
25 March 1947 · Off Coast North Island · New Zealand
On 25 March 1947 at 20:32 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck New Zealand (Off Coast North Island), at a depth of 12 km. It occurred on the Kermadec Plate, 56 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 25 March 1947
- Time
- 20:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 12 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IV (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (10.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Kermadec Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2021Gisborne · M 7.3
- 20162016 Te Araroa Earthquake · M 7.0
- 1995North Island, S Island · M 7.1
- 1931N · M 7.1
- 19311931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake · M 7.7261 deaths
- 19041904 Cape Turnagain Earthquake · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth