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Historic Earthquake
1978 Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) Earthquake
9 February 1978 · S Of · Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
On 9 February 1978 at 21:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) (S Of), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Kermadec Plate, 58 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 9 February 1978
- Time
- 21:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Kermadec Plate
- Country
- Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
- Nearest Volcano
- Curtis Island (115 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 Kermadec Islands Earthquake · M 8.1
- 2011Kermadec Islands · M 7.6
- 1976Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.9
- 1976Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.8
- 1959Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.7
- 1943S Of · M 7.6
- 1917S Of · M 7.5
- 1917Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth