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Historic Earthquake
2007 New Zealand Earthquake
30 September 2007 · Auckland Islands · New Zealand
On 30 September 2007 at 05:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck New Zealand (Auckland Islands), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 19 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 30 September 2007
- Time
- 05:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 10 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- New Zealand
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Tasman Sea Earthquake · M 8.1
- 1981W of North Island · M 7.6
- 1926Macquarie Island, North Of · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth