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  • Date: 2026-04-25 21:02:02

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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-04-25 and was most recently seen on 2026-04-25.

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In the afternoon of Wednesday 25 March 1998, a very large magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck a remote area of the Southern Ocean. Its epicentre was located roughly 450 km (280 mi) north of George V Land and roughly 700 km (435 mi) northwest of the Balleny Islands in Antarctica. Due to the remote location of the earthquake, there were no reports of anyone feeling any shaking or any damage being caused. The event was a complex intraplate earthquake within the Antarctic plate. To date it is the largest recorded earthquake in Antarctica, and is the largest recorded earthquake to have been caused by post-glacial rebound. The earthquake occurred in an area which previously had very little seismic activity, and so such a large event was unprecedented in the seismic record.

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