Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 35 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 35 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 7:38 PM AKST (04:38 UTC), 76 km (47 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-02 04:38:08 UTC
Depth
75.5 km (46.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.570° N, 152.391° 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
18

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.732 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.9Southern Alaska · 3531 days ago · 142 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.759 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.473 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.234 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.951 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.513 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.670 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.568 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 2.934 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 134 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.920 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.264 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 3.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 104 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3527 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.561 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 1.539 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.839 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 1.669 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 1.67 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 149 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.648 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 150 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 3.2Southern Alaska · 3526 days ago · 139 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.521 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.910 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.823 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.226 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 2.011 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.010 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 2.017 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.340 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 150 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.262 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.047 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.159 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.190 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.912 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.519 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.848 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.151 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.922 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3533 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.857 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.042 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 74 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.625 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.826 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.219 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 157 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.947 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.157 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 65 km deep · 5 km away

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