Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Feb 5, 2017, 10:47 PM AKST (07:47 UTC), 89 km (55 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
2017-02-06 07:47:30 UTC
Depth
89.0 km (55.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.545° N, 153.024° 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
29

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. 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.539 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.839 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 133 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.554 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.669 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.67 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 149 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.648 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 150 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.2Southern Alaska · 3525 days ago · 139 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.521 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.226 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.340 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 150 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.262 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.047 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 117 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.159 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.190 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.830 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.989 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 147 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.138 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.091 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.258 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.862 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.019 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.429 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.557 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.690 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.739 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 2.062 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 2.146 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 159 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 94 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 1.684 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.973 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.032 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 158 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.255 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 4.055 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 122 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  49. 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.281 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 1.747 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 131 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 2.044 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 158 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.58 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.246 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 143 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 2.346 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 160 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.858 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 111 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.436 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 182 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.264 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.920 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.934 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.568 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.670 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.513 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.951 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away

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