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Historic Earthquake
2004 New Zealand Earthquake
22 November 2004 · Invercargill, Southland · New Zealand
On 22 November 2004 at 20:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck New Zealand (Invercargill, Southland), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Australian Plate, 21 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 22 November 2004
- Time
- 20:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 10 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Australian Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20092009 Fiordland Earthquake · M 7.8
- 2003Dunedin, Invercargill · M 7.2
- 1981W of North Island · M 7.6
- 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