M1.6 earthquake 32 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, May 24, 2017, 6:00 PM AKDT (02:00 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 54 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-25 02:00:10 UTC
- Depth
- 73.9 km (45.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.638° N, 152.338° 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
- 24
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.835 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.062 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.53 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 143 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.528 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.930 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3418 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 66 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.542 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.372 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.152 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3417 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.142 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 152 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 84 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.962 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 104 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3416 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 127 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 3416 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.977 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 72 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.148 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.573 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.072 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 133 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.54 km WSW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.949 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.53 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.420 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 154 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.443 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 114 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.456 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.546 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 162 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.960 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.924 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.642 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.874 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.721 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.751 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
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