Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 59 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 2:33 AM AKDT (10:33 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-24 10:33:37 UTC
Depth
106.3 km (66.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.920° N, 152.863° 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.152 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 145 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 107 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.731 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.9Southern Alaska · 3327 days ago · 112 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.166 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 107 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.620 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.743 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.856 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.648 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.239 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 129 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.359 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 93 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.654 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.567 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 119 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.685 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 132 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.337 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.757 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.822 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 135 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 4.433 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 15 · tsunami flag
  27. 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 129 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 3.464 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.564 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 109 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 1.63 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 95 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.660 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 1.642 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.666 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 2.043 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.059 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 109 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 2.243 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.150 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.935 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 141 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 96 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 99 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 3.011 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 3.111 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 13
  52. 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 2.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 1.713 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 2.361 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 124 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.78 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.768 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.247 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 138 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.945 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 160 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.159 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.454 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 124 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 125 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 3.048 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 104 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.753 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away

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