M1.7 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sun, Oct 9, 2016, 9:06 PM AKDT (05:06 UTC), 91 km (56 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
- 2016-10-10 05:06:49 UTC
- Depth
- 90.9 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.117° N, 152.689° 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
- 37
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.845 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 176 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 107 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 81 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 93 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.758 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 91 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.127 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 97 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.831 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.260 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 142 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.751 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.843 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3643 days ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
- 2.215 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 105 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 157 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.555 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 126 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.27 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.362 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 118 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 98 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.565 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 109 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 112 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 88 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 132 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.067 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 136 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 86 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 178 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.839 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.941 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.845 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 160 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.031 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 136 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.831 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 149 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.912 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 124 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
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