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Historic Earthquake
1990 South Sudan Earthquake
24 May 1990 · Juba, Kapenguria · South Sudan
On 24 May 1990 at 20:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck South Sudan (Juba, Kapenguria), at a depth of 16 km. It occurred on the African Plate, 31 km from its boundary with the Somali Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 24 May 1990
- Time
- 20:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 16 km
- Plate
- African Plate
- Country
- South Sudan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1990Juba, Maya · M 7.131 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth