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Historic Earthquake
1957 Philippines Earthquake
24 September 1957 · Philippines
On 24 September 1957 at 08:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Philippines, at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 3 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 24 September 1957
- Time
- 08:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Philippines
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth