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Historic Earthquake
2021 Kermadec Islands Earthquake
4 March 2021 · Sse of Raoul Island · Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
On 4 March 2021 at 19:28 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) (Sse of Raoul Island), at a depth of 19 km. It occurred on the Kermadec Plate, 90 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 4 March 2021
- Time
- 19:28 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 19 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Kermadec Plate
- Country
- Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
- Nearest Volcano
- Raoul Island (82 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1986Raoul · M 8.1
- 1978S Of · M 7.7
- 1976Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.9
- 1976Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.8
- 1959Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.7
- 1955Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 7.8
- 1943S Of · M 7.6
- 1917Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) · M 8.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth