What the records say
- When
- 17 Jul 2017
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 54.44° N, 168.86° E
- Max water height m
- 0.1
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.7
- Runups
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
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