M1.7 earthquake 92 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 92 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska on Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 5:50 AM AKST (14:50 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 55 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, 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
- 2016-12-30 14:50:36 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.804° N, 153.602° 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
- 21
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.791 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.011 km ESE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 178 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.684 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.887 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.694 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.028 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.593 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.893 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.694 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.493 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.894 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.791 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.994 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.470 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 131 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.423 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.264 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.094 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.594 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.079 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.756 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.85 km S of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.258 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.590 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.271 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3559 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3557 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.969 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.748 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.830 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.976 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.165 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.582 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.879 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.782 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.072 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.889 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 70 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.139 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.877 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.783 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.992 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.887 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3568 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.093 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
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