What the records say
- When
- 17 Aug 1906
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 51.85° N, 178.18° E
- Depth km
- 110
1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake
Earthquake in Alaska
The 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred at 00:11 UTC on August 17. It had an estimated seismic moment of 3.8 × 1028 dyn cm−1, equivalent to a magnitude of 8.35 on the moment magnitude scale. This earthquake was followed thirty minutes later by the 1906 Valparaíso earthquake in Chile, but the two events are not thought to be linked.
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