M1.7 earthquake 71 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 71 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 12:32 AM AKST (09:32 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 41 km NNW of Beluga, 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
- 2016-11-16 09:32:59 UTC
- Depth
- 114.3 km (71.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.045° N, 152.456° 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
- 45
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 137 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.826 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.936 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 118 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.513 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.164 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 149 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.877 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.542 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.411 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.731 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.649 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.659 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3602 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.727 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.027 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.445 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.755 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.146 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.846 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.631 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.641 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3597 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 113 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.09 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.337 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.619 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.079 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.652 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.510 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 129 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.838 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 113 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
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