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Historic Earthquake
1906 Aleutian Islands Earthquake
17 August 1906 · Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · United States of America
On 17 August 1906 at 00:11 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands), at a depth of 110 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 133 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It is the 30th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 17 August 1906
- Time
- 00:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 110 km
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Davidof Volcano (17 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20142014 Aleutian Islands Earthquake · M 7.9
- 2003Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · M 7.8
- 1996Andreanof Islands · M 7.9
- 1965Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · M 7.6
- 19651965 Rat Islands Earthquake · M 8.7
- 1940Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands · M 7.4
- 1909Aleutian Islands · M 7.8
- 1905Andreanof Islands · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth