M1.7 earthquake 66 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska on Sat, Apr 29, 2017, 6:38 PM AKDT (02:38 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 25 km NNE of Karluk, 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
- 2017-04-30 02:38:58 UTC
- Depth
- 73.6 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.283° N, 153.963° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.017 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.726 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.835 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.681 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.682 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.627 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.177 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.878 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.175 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.641 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.893 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.692 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.863 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.593 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.033 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.074 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.886 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.080 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.077 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.883 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.868 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.672 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.322 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.977 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.939 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.651 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.766 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.34 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.972 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.944 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.977 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.589 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.616 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.279 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of 113.
Before
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3444 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7100 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 111 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.039 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.035 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.435 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.027 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.716 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3447 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.575 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.966 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.624 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.727 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.850 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
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