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1957 United States of America Earthquake
22 March 1957 · Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands · United States of America
On 22 March 1957 at 14:21 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands). It occurred on the North American Plate, 242 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 22 March 1957
- Time
- 14:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Maximum Intensity
- V (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Fisher (63 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20232023 Alaska Peninsula Earthquake · M 7.21 deaths
- 1948Alaska Peninsula · M 7.5
- 19461946 Aleutian Islands Earthquake · M 8.6168 deaths
- 1917Alaska Peninsula · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth