M1.5 earthquake 73 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 73 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Aug 1, 2017, 5:32 PM AKDT (01:32 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 61 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-02 01:32:37 UTC
- Depth
- 67.6 km (42.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.032° N, 153.039° 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
- 33
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 128 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3350 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.028 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.744 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.999 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.250 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.637 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.550 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.020 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.259 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.263 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3348 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.989 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.536 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.325 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.951 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.375 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 127 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.594 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.693 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.150 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 84 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.575 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.539 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.562 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.548 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
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