Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 58 km W of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km W of Akhiok, Alaska on Sat, Feb 18, 2017, 4:06 PM AKST (01:06 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-19 01:06:01 UTC
Depth
24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.850° N, 155.113° 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
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.964 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.899 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.631 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.268 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.691 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.982 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.1119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.116 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.624 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.081 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.044 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.251 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.160 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.4103 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.848 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.966 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.098 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.892 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.741 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.64 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.0116 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.3121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.531 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.456 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.665 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.8119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.570 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 4.47 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away · tsunami flag
  32. 1.993 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 1.615 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.96 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.97 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.598 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.856 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 1.679 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.754 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 1.6105 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 3.317 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.024 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 4.5Alaska Peninsula · 3477 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 2.378 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.3127 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.7124 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.752 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.112 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 3.281 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3470 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.019 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.198 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 2.247 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.632 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.0125 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.548 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.640 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.028 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.868 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.554 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.628 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.245 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.079 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.769 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.255 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.963 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.885 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.684 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 84 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.844 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.893 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.128 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.888 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.489 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away

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