M1.6 earthquake 27 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 27 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Sat, Apr 29, 2017, 10:50 PM AKDT (06:50 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, 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
- 2017-04-30 06:50:40 UTC
- Depth
- 61.7 km (38.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.111° N, 150.966° 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
- 40
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.39 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 20
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.638 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.627 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.813 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 61 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.310 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.636 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.425 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.623 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.314 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 735 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.913 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.013 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.414 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.310 km W of Homer, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.960 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3437 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.838 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 50 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.922 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.146 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.215 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.154 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 53 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.925 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.238 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.852 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.740 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.345 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.652 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.629 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.027 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.717 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.521 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 54 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.53 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
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