M1.6 earthquake 88 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 88 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 7:31 AM AKDT (15:31 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 61 km NW of Aleneva, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-10 15:31:07 UTC
- Depth
- 56.7 km (35.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.921° N, 153.211° 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
- 17
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 115 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.693 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.150 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.684 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.730 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.732 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.682 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 105 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.847 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.685 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.659 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.148 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 137 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.578 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.580 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.359 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.990 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.778 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.688 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 79 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.048 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 125 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.454 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.159 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.370 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.247 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.864 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.594 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.375 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.951 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.325 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.536 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.989 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3347 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 86 km deep · 14 km away
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