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Historic Earthquake
2017 Komandorski Islands Earthquake
17 July 2017 · Bering Island · Russia
On 17 July 2017 at 23:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Russia (Bering Island), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 107 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 17 July 2017
- Time
- 23:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Russia
- Nearest Volcano
- Piip (146 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2018Off Kamchatka · M 7.3
- 1936Komandorsky Island · M 7.2
- 1929Aleutian Islands, Near Islands · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth