M 7.7 - 198km ESE of Nikol'skoye, Russia

[Astronuc]

USGS reports a 7.7 Mag earthquake off Kamchatka Peninsula.
2017-07-17 23:34:13 UTC - 54.472°N, 168.815°E - 11.0 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20009x42#executive

CNBC reports on a notification from U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/17/qua...a-to-cause-tsunami-waves-authorities-say.html

The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Monday evening that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake had occurred off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

"Based on preliminary earthquake parameters... hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km (186 miles) of the earthquake epicenter," the center wrote in an official message.

http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=1&id=pacific.TSUPAC.2017.07.18.0102

 

[berkeman]

Yikes, that's a big one!

 

[davenn]

Yikes, that's a big one!

yup a biggie ... it's still visible on my seismo for another 7 - 8 hrs ( from the time I wrote this post)

http://www.sydneystormcity.com/seismograms.htm

there has been a very noticeable lack of M 7.0 - 7.9 events so far this year ... only 3 events

7.3 189km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines
2017-01-10 06:13:48 UTC

7.9 35km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
2017-01-22 04:30:22 UTC

7.7 198km ESE of Nikol'skoye, Russia
2017-07-17 23:34:13 UTCThis is well down on the avg where there should have been around 8-10 so far.
The annual avg is 18 M 7.0 - 7.9 events, which equates to one approx every 20 daysDave