Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Tue, May 9, 2017, 3:59 PM AKDT (23:59 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Tue, May 9, 2017, 3:59 PM AKDT
UTC: 2017-05-09 23:59:18 UTC
Depth: 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 57.203° N, 157.423° 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: 15

Nearest places

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

Naknek, AlaskaPopulation 544. Forecast171 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 64.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0175xqdf9f (also filed as ak16016237). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC.