M1.6 earthquake 41 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 41 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska on Sat, Sep 9, 2017, 12:45 PM AKDT (20:45 UTC), 80 km (49 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-09 20:45:07 UTC
- Depth
- 79.6 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.398° N, 152.055° 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
- 1.935 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 159 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.243 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 179 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.494 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 165 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.552 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 90 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.968 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 139 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3311 days ago · 149 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.444 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3310 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.570 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.867 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 107 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.85 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.126 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.045 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 153 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.953 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.715 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.026 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 130 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 78 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.69 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.166 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 135 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.846 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 152 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 87 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.513 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.837 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3306 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 150 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.856 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3306 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.558 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 78 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 145 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.756 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 133 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 88 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.061 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 140 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.228 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.931 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
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