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Historic Earthquake
2003 New Zealand Earthquake
21 August 2003 · Dunedin, Invercargill · New Zealand
On 21 August 2003 at 12:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck New Zealand (Dunedin, Invercargill), at a depth of 28 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 20 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 21 August 2003
- Time
- 12:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 28 km
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (4.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20092009 Fiordland Earthquake · M 7.8
- 2004Invercargill, Southland · M 7.1
- 1979W of North Island · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth