Earthquake details

Wednesday, June 6, 1928 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Wallis and Futuna on Wednesday, June 6, 1928 at 19:10 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Apia (Wallis and Futuna - WA), about 431.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -175.616 and latitude -14.882.

Magnitude 6.0
Alert Strong
Depth 15.0 km
Coordinates -14.882, -175.616
UTC time 1928-06-06 19:10:36.580
Location 187 km SSE of Mata-Utu
Country Wallis and Futuna (WA)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1928-06-06

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