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Historic Earthquake
1990 Fiji Earthquake
3 March 1990 · Fiji
On 3 March 1990 at 12:16 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Fiji, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 42 km from its boundary with the Conway Reef Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 3 March 1990
- Time
- 12:16 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- Fiji
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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