M1.7 earthquake 6 km SW of Funny River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Funny River, Alaska on Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 8:59 PM AKST (05:59 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-26 05:59:45 UTC
- Depth
- 26.8 km (16.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.466° N, 150.850° 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
- 32
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 118 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.99 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3537 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.720 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.625 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.417 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.522 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.656 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.922 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.519 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.618 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.78 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.916 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3530 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.66 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.428 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3528 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.011 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.521 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.318 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.620 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.112 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3523 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.323 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.048 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.629 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.525 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.140 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.730 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.966 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.745 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3544 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017173axlm (also filed as ak15163306). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.