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Historic Earthquake
1955 Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) Earthquake
27 February 1955 · Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
On 27 February 1955 at 20:43 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands (New Zealand), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 37 km from its boundary with the Kermadec Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 27 February 1955
- Time
- 20:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 Kermadec Islands Earthquake · M 8.1
- 2007Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.8
- 1986Raoul · M 8.1
- 1976Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.9
- 1976Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.8
- 1959Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.7
- 1943S Of · M 7.6
- 1917Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth