Earthquake — New Zealand: Wanganui

When

8 Jul 1843

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.5

Where

New Zealand

Coordinates

39.90° S, 175.00° E

Depth km

33

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquake in New Zealand

The 1843 Whanganui earthquake occurred on 8 July at 16:45 local time with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the Mw scale. It had a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, possibly reaching X (Extreme).

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake occurs in the North Island centred near Wanganui, with several fatalities”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Wanganui-Erdbeben von 1843 ist das erste offiziell in Neuseeland registrierte Erdbeben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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