M1.7 earthquake 69 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 69 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 9:59 AM AKDT (17:59 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 46 km N of Karluk, 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
- 2017-10-17 17:59:38 UTC
- Depth
- 73.4 km (45.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.519° N, 153.720° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.780 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.660 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.922 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.087 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3272 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.678 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.648 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.776 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.258 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.677 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.076 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.770 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 107 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.023 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5100 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.260 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 128 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.697 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.793 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.283 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.193 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.850 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.066 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.052 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3261 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.083 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.285 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.561 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.646 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.568 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.764 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.494 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.663 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.789 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.758 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 68 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.861 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.959 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.879 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.083 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.191 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.868 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.561 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 1.869 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.771 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 134 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.662 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.855 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3279 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.055 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.551 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 138 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.558 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.288 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.992 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
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