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Historic Earthquake
1961 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Earthquake
5 September 1961 · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
On 5 September 1961, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It occurred on the Sandwich Plate, 169 km from its boundary with the Scotia Plate (mid-ocean ridge).
- Date
- 5 September 1961
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Plate
- Sandwich Plate
- Country
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Saunders (38 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquakes · M 8.1
- 20212021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquakes · M 7.5
- 1961South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · M 7.7
- 1961South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth