M1.7 earthquake 27 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Sat, Dec 2, 2017, 7:30 AM AKST (16:30 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km SSW of Halibut Cove, 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
- 2017-12-02 16:30:31 UTC
- Depth
- 44.3 km (27.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.351° N, 151.153° 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: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.728 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.540 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.50 km NNW of Homer, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.016 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.513 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.383 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.357 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.952 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.82 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.195 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.415 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.753 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.79 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.26 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.31 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.927 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.736 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.965 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.52 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.467 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.457 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 167.
Before
- 1.520 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.236 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.113 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.017 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3230 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.819 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.830 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.754 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
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