M1.7 earthquake 3 km ENE of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Oct 28, 2017, 1:11 AM AKDT (09:11 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 68 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2017-10-28 09:11:02 UTC
- Depth
- 60.8 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.794° N, 151.777° 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
- 51
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
- 1.949 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.741 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.241 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.362 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.251 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.861 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.777 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.052 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.361 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.456 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.9Southern Alaska · 3261 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.255 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.534 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.034 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.751 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.541 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.248 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.771 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 131 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.069 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.559 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.639 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.571 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 121 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.740 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 158 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 92 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.039 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 127 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.071 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.850 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.258 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.964 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.754 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.51 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
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