M1.7 earthquake 58 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 58 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 4:42 PM AKDT (00:42 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Southern 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
- 2017-09-01 00:42:14 UTC
- Depth
- 93.1 km (57.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.683° N, 152.860° 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
- 25
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
- 1.637 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 3319 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 150 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.859 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 105 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 79 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3318 days ago · 100 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.946 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 149 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 130 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.427 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.931 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.228 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.122 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.244 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.061 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 140 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.756 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 133 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.038 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 145 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 90 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 120 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.638 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 81 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.558 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.935 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 159 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.768 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.361 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.713 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 87 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.111 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 13
- 3.011 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.986 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.935 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 141 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.150 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.243 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
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