M1.6 earthquake 48 km W of Cohoe, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km W of Cohoe, Alaska on Wed, Aug 9, 2017, 8:42 PM AKDT (04:42 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2017-08-10 04:42:03 UTC
- Depth
- 82.9 km (51.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.429° N, 152.173° 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
- 22
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3343 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 127 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 85 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.861 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.732 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3339 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.876 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 155 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 96 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 139 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.774 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.067 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.165 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 126 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 156 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 96 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
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