What the records say
- When
- 26 May 1975
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 35.96° N, 17.58° W
- Max water height m
- 0.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.8
- Runups
- 14
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1975 North Atlantic earthquake
The 1975 North Atlantic earthquake occurred on May 26 at 09:11 UTC. The epicenter was located in the North Atlantic, in an area between the Azores, Iberian Peninsula, and Morocco. It had a magnitude of Mw 7.9, or Ms 8.1.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page