M1.6 earthquake 11 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska on Tue, Sep 5, 2017, 1:30 PM AKDT (21:30 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Southern 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
- 2017-09-05 21:30:05 UTC
- Depth
- 54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.910° N, 151.547° 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
- 19
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
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.931 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.228 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.122 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.244 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.061 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.756 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.038 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 145 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.638 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.558 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.559 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.552 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.968 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 139 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3308 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.444 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.570 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.867 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.85 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.126 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.953 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.026 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.166 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 135 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.14 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 138 · tsunami flag
- 2.427 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.14 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3317 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
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