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Historic Earthquake
1948 Indonesia Earthquake
1 March 1948 · Seram · Indonesia
On 1 March 1948 at 01:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Indonesia (Seram), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Molucca Sea Plate, 18 km from its boundary with the Banda Sea Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 1 March 1948
- Time
- 01:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Molucca Sea Plate
- Country
- Indonesia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20192019 Ambon Earthquake · M 6.531 deaths
- 20192019 Halmahera Earthquake · M 7.38 deaths
- 20062006 Banda Sea Earthquake · M 7.6
- 19651965 Ceram Sea Earthquake · M 7.671 deaths
- 1950Seram · M 7.61 deaths
- 1923Djailolo Gilolo · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth