M1.7 earthquake 88 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 88 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska on Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 4:07 PM AKDT (00:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 31 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-28 00:07:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.746° N, 153.671° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.589 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.859 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.674 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.693 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.991 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.888 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.538 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.547 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.961 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.734 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.290 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.890 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.993 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.693 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.845 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.689 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.046 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.587 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.759 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.675 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.985 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.758 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.586 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.785 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.870 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.668 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.686 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 124 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.272 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.979 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.583 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.690 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.822 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.839 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.153 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.731 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.557 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.089 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.751 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.724 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.688 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.675 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.346 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.882 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.581 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.787 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.193 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.787 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.063 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.672 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.493 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.576 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.038 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.962 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 93 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.691 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
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