- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 31, 1917 CE
- Location:
- 54 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
- Magnitude:
- 7.4 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.92
Other earthquake records of 1917 CE
- Guatemala, Guatemala City · Ms 6 · 2,650 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.8 · 1,800 deaths
- Indonesia, Bali · Ms 6.6 · 1,500 deaths
- Taiwan, Puli · Ms 6.3 · 54 deaths
- Philippines, S Mindanao: Glan, Glan Padidu, Tuyan · Ms 6.4 · 7 deaths
- Colombia, Bogota, Ubaque, Soacha, Caqueza · Ms 7.3 · 3 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 7.4 - 54 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska (1917 CE) happen?
- May 31, 1917 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.