M1.5 earthquake 53 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 53 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska on Sat, Sep 16, 2017, 3:07 PM AKDT (23:07 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 68 km ENE of Ugashik, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-16 23:07:03 UTC
- Depth
- 15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.991° N, 156.567° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.068 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.145 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.274 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.848 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.576 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.169 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 142 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.250 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 158 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.284 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.567 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.083 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.975 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.684 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.057 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3280 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.276 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.349 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.268 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 124 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.055 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 129 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.568 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.951 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 155 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 152 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.440 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.780 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.344 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 155 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.964 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Egegik, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 136 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.538 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.358 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 150 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.268 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 149 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.245 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.739 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.283 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.271 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 136 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 113 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.789 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 141 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.770 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3247 days ago · 121 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.527 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 190 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.960 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 2.676 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.181 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.868 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 145 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.763 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 149 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 144 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.955 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.060 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 151 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.079 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 135 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.570 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3320 days ago · 138 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.536 km S of King Salmon, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 217 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3323 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.285 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.359 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
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