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2013 Antarctica Earthquake
17 November 2013 · South Orkney Islands · Antarctica
On 17 November 2013 at 09:04 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Antarctica (South Orkney Islands), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Antarctic Plate, 47 km from its boundary with the Scotia Plate (oceanic transform fault). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 17 November 2013
- Time
- 09:04 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 10 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Country
- Antarctica
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2003South Orkney Islands, Laurie Is · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth