M1.6 earthquake 36 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Jan 29, 2017, 3:17 AM AKST (12:17 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-29 12:17:24 UTC
- Depth
- 62.2 km (38.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.048° N, 152.147° 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
- 23
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 181 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.789 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.792 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.888 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 125 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.157 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 57 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 55 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.042 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.885 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.984 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3533 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.151 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.086 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.732 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.878 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.234 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.652 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.951 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.670 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.158 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.226 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.262 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.159 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.689 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.747 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.718 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
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