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Historic Earthquake
1963 Brazil Earthquake
9 November 1963 · Acre · Brazil
On 9 November 1963 at 21:15 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Brazil (Acre), at a depth of 590 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 363 km from its boundary with the Altiplano Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 9 November 1963
- Time
- 21:15 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 590 km
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Brazil
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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