M1.8 earthquake 59 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 9:14 PM AKDT (05:14 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 61 km NW of Aleneva, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-21 05:14:20 UTC
- Depth
- 119.7 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.931° N, 154.478° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.688 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 119 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.370 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.864 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 121 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.573 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.856 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.584 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.822 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 135 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.464 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.767 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 123 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.150 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.688 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.986 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.055 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 120 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 57 · tsunami flag
- 1.660 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.460 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.768 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.161 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.670 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 127 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 123 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.261 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.162 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.060 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 151 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 129 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.792 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.777 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.880 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 119 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.735 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.668 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 122 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.575 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.768 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.890 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 140 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.658 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.935 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.753 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.990 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.359 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.580 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.075 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 147 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.578 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 137 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.685 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 90 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.682 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 105 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 116 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.684 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.693 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
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