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Significant earthquakes on August 17th
M6.5+ events from the USGS catalog (1900–present).
8.3
1906 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake
1906·Great·110 km deep
8.2
The 1906 Valparaiso, Chile Earthquake
1906·Great·35 km deep
7.5
199 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
1972·Great·14 km deep
7.5
210 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
1912·Great·35 km deep
7.4
Falkland Islands region
1908·Great·10 km deep
7.4
101 km SSW of Nagqu, China
1952·Great·25 km deep
7.2
97 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
1907·Great·145 km deep
7.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
1935·Great·20 km deep
7.1
57 km SSE of Klyuchi, Russia
1983·Great·63 km deep
7.0
67 km WNW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
1959·Great·25 km deep
7.0
136 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon
1991·Great·1 km deep
6.8
12 km ESE of Olutanga, Philippines
1976·Major·22 km deep