M1.7 earthquake 63 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 12:00 PM AKST (21:00 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 74 km W 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-10 21:00:21 UTC
- Depth
- 61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.853° N, 152.422° 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
- 38
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 152 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.585 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.531 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.290 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.588 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.834 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.661 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.448 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3493 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.590 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.926 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.826 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.991 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.024 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.350 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.53 km NNE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.893 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.894 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.020 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.977 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.939 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.882 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 116 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.785 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.934 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.818 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.148 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.539 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.677 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.048 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.746 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3495 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.656 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.550 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.861 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.963 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.227 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.839 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.750 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.446 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.867 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.032 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
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