M2.4 earthquake 59 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 1:32 PM AKST (22:32 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-26 22:32:05 UTC
- Depth
- 89.7 km (55.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.524° N, 152.922° 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
- 68
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
- 1.99 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.718 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 168 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.961 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.071 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 97 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 108 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.265 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3535 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.747 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.689 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.789 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.792 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.888 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 125 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 91 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.157 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.832 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 186 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.219 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 157 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.625 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.042 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.885 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.984 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3532 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 106 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.922 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.151 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.848 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 120 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.086 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.732 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3531 days ago · 142 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.759 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.473 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 133 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.219 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 139 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 81 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 125 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.665 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 85 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.136 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 89 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.610 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
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