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Historic Earthquake
1987 Australia Earthquake
3 September 1987 · Macquarie Island · Australia
On 3 September 1987 at 06:40 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Australia (Macquarie Island), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 9 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 3 September 1987
- Time
- 06:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Australia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1970Macquarie Island · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth