What the records say
- When
- 23 Dec 2004
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Where
- Australia
- Coordinates
- 49.31° S, 161.34° E
- Depth km
- 10
2004 Tasman Sea earthquake
In the early morning hours of Friday 24 December 2004, a moment magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck a remote area of the southern Tasman Sea. Its epicentre was located roughly 360 km (224 mi) northwest of the Auckland Islands of New Zealand, and roughly 600 km (373 mi) north of Macquarie Island of Australia. Shaking was reportedly felt as far as Tasmania and the South Island.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page