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1973 Antarctica Earthquake
6 October 1973 · Antarctica
On 6 October 1973 at 15:07 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Antarctica, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Antarctic Plate, 13 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 6 October 1973
- Time
- 15:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Country
- Antarctica
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth