What the records say
- When
- 17 Jul 2017
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Where
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 54.44° N, 168.86° E
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 10
2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake
On July 18, 2017, an earthquake struck near the Komandorski Islands, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea at 11:34 local time. Although there were no casualties from this earthquake, it was notable for a rare characteristic known as supershear, and is one of the few times a large supershear earthquake has been observed.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page