Finland's probably sleeping right now, dammit!
Quoting: KickinIt Correctomundo!
While 7.6 is indeed massive (maybe the biggest) to hit that particular area, I maintain that the 8+ capable locations are due, mainly Aleutians and Northern Sumatra. Everything would be also primed for that (lack of energy releases 2017, 25 day lull). So there is enough gasoline to still produce 8+.
We have seen numerous times that a high 6, mid seven quake hits a few days before another larger one does happen elsewhere. Quake history near Cayman Islands does give some support to that claim.
I would watch for more polar quakes and wait until the end of this week before we conclude that 7.6 was "the one"
1941-04-07 6.8 Jamaica region
1941-04-15 7.6 Michoacan, Mexico
1954-12-10 6.1 Cayman Islands region
1954-12-16 7.1 & 6.6 Nevada
1957-03-02 6.2 Jamaica region
1957-03-09 8.6 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1962-07-25 6.1 Cayman Islands region
1962-07-26 7.2 South of Panama
1995-06-27 6.0 Cayman Islands region
1995-07-03 7.2 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
1997-07-06 6.1 Offshore Honduras
1997-07-09 7.0 Sucre, Venezuela
1999-11-30 6.3 Cayman Islands region
1999-12-06 7.0 Kodiak Island region, Alaska
2004-12-14 6.8 Cayman Islands region
2004-12-26 9.3 Indonesia
-Finland