September 6, 1943 Earthquake: Macquarie Island, Australia
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Macquarie Island, Australia on September 6, 1943 at 03:41:00 UTC, 25 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- September 6, 1943
- Time
- 03:41:00 UTC
- Place
- Macquarie Island, Australia
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Focal depth
- 25 km (16 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 53.000° S, 159.000° E
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Central and South Pacific
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #130 Gutenberg, B. and C.F. Richter (1965). Seismicity of the earth and associated phenomena. Princeton University Press, 1954 (second edition); Hafner Publishing Company, New York and London (facsimile edition), 310 p.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
More
Significant earthquakes of 1943The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1943Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 3752. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem899985, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.