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Historic Earthquake
1989 Australia Earthquake
23 May 1989 · Macquarie Station, New Zealand · Australia
On 23 May 1989 at 10:54 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Australia (Macquarie Station, New Zealand), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 24 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (oceanic transform fault). It triggered a tsunami. It is the 61st most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 23 May 1989
- Time
- 10:54 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Australia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1943Macquarie Island · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth