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Significant earthquakes on December 17th
M6.5+ events from the USGS catalog (1900–present).
7.9
93 km NW of Attu Station, Alaska
1929·Great·20 km deep
7.8
186 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
1957·Great·124 km deep
7.0
southeast of Taiwan
1935·Major·15 km deep
7.0
Revilla Gigedo Islands region
1905·Major·10 km deep
6.8
212 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada
1980·Major·10 km deep
6.7
26 km S of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
1920·Major·15 km deep
6.7
225 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
1957·Major·26 km deep
6.7
10 km SW of Mobara, Japan
1987·Major·63 km deep
6.6
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1997·Major·20 km deep
6.6
95 km E of Yujing, Taiwan
1937·Major·15 km deep
6.5
102 km SSE of Ak-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
1915·Major·20 km deep
6.5
46 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece
1952·Major·25 km deep