M1.7 earthquake 18 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Sep 22, 2017, 9:48 AM AKDT (17:48 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 83 km ENE of Nikolski, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-22 17:48:01 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.861° N, 166.820° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.874 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.980 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.884 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.677 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.737 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.863 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.645 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.167 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.571 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.160 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.117 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.797 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.677 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.966 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.944 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.631 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.782 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.139 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.752 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.981 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.053 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.083 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.950 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.894 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.646 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.97 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.120 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.556 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.427 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.892 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.816 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.678 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 1.619 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.548 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.019 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.778 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.666 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.913 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.527 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.613 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.626 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.580 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.567 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.875 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.671 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.371 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.169 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.972 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.382 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
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