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Historic Earthquake
1990 South Sudan Earthquake
20 May 1990 · Juba, Maya · South Sudan
On 20 May 1990 at 02:22 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck South Sudan (Juba, Maya), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Somali Plate, 44 km from its boundary with the African Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 31 people.
- Date
- 20 May 1990
- Time
- 02:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 15 km
- Deaths
- 31
- Plate
- Somali Plate
- Country
- South Sudan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1990Juba, Kapenguria · M 7.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth