M1.7 earthquake 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Oct 6, 2016, 5:14 AM AKDT (13:14 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 67 km WNW of Nikiski, 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
- 2016-10-06 13:14:41 UTC
- Depth
- 110.4 km (68.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.035° N, 152.371° 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
- 44
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 115 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.941 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 124 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 136 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.629 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 111 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.523 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.832 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.247 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.758 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.175 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 123 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.630 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 112 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.810 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.134 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 114 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 123 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.646 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.146 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 109 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.033 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 156 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.776 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.850 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.016 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.82 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.674 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 134 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.414 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.615 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.537 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.644 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
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