M1.6 earthquake 70 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 70 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Feb 4, 2017, 5:11 AM AKST (14:11 UTC), 62 km (38 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-04 14:11:53 UTC
- Depth
- 61.8 km (38.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.947° N, 152.856° 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
- 31
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 175 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.158 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.890 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.567 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.226 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.262 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.047 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.159 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.982 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.190 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.989 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.138 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.091 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.258 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.979 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.429 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.557 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.452 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.684 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.973 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.255 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.055 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.281 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.58 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.330 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.978 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.461 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.161 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.061 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.656 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.689 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.732 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.086 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.689 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.151 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.984 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0171m47osm (also filed as ak15201776). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.