What the records say
- When
- 14 Sep 1953
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 18.30° S, 178.20° E
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 61
- Damage musd
- 0.05
- Max water height m
- 15
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.4
- Runups
- 33
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1953 Suva earthquake
Earthquake in Fiji
The 1953 Suva earthquake occurred on 14 September at 00:26 UTC near Suva, Fiji, just off the southeast shore of Viti Levu. This earthquake had an estimated magnitude of Ms 6.8 and Mw 6.4. The earthquake triggered a coral reef platform collapse and a submarine landslide that caused a tsunami. Eight people were reported killed.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page