M1.5 earthquake 53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska on Fri, Dec 1, 2017, 1:20 PM AKST (22:20 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 40 km ENE of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2017-12-01 22:20:30 UTC
- Depth
- 93.5 km (58.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.111° N, 152.637° 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
- 25
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.946 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 123 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.050 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 82 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.637 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 145 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.126 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.361 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 108 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.360 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.359 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 92 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.27 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.972 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 168 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 112 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.646 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.134 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.063 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.037 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.255 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.272 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 140 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.863 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.728 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 91 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3224 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.642 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.324 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.855 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 124 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 108 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 89 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.658 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.263 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.726 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.259 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 28 · tsunami flag
- 1.821 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.769 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.639 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.035 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 158 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.113 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
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