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1941 Gloria Fault earthquake
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Earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean
1941 Gloria Fault earthquake
North Atlantic
1941-11-25 18:03:57
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Gloria Fault
Strike-slip
IXMarch 2022
Minor
The 1941 Gloria Fault earthquake occurred at 18:03:57 UTC in the northern Atlantic Ocean on 25 November 1941. It had a magnitude of about 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale.March 2022 It was caused by movement on the Gloria Fault, part of the Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault. It triggered a small tsunami, which was observed at Newlyn, Cornwall.http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3690&t=101650&s=18&d=99,91,95,93&nd=display Comments for the Tsunami Event National Centers for Environmental Information The Significant Earthquake Database 28 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170305003951/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3690&t=101650&s=18&d=99,91,95,93&nd=display March 5, 2017 dead
See also
List of earthquakes in 1941
References
New study on the 1941 Gloria Fault earthquake and tsunami Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences European Geosciences Union https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/1967/2016/nhess-16-1967-2016.pdf 16 8 1967 2016 Baptista M. Miranda J. M. Batlló J. Lisboa F. Luis J. MacIá R. 2016NHESS..16.1967B 10.5194/nhess-16-1967-2016 free
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