M1.7 earthquake 9 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 6:38 PM AKST (03:38 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2016-11-23 03:38:52 UTC
- Depth
- 67.2 km (41.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.360° N, 152.094° 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
- 10
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 195 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.848 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.877 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3601 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.361 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.828 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.651 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 121 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.952 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 143 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.859 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.972 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 116 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.990 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.759 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.252 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 97 · tsunami flag
- 1.724 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.967 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.523 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.20 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.157 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.59 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.949 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.021 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.743 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.638 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.056 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
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