M1.7 earthquake 7 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 2:16 AM AKST (11:16 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2016-11-28 11:16:31 UTC
- Depth
- 49.1 km (30.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.216° N, 151.264° 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
- 27
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 188 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.641 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.972 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.09 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.637 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.548 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.252 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 97 · tsunami flag
- 1.724 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.754 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.974 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.88 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.08 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.526 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.749 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.512 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.935 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.734 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.112 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.720 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.970 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.54 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.846 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.146 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.755 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.89 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.445 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.651 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
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