M1.6 earthquake 47 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 4:18 AM AKDT (12:18 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 28 km SW of Anchor Point, 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
- 2017-08-17 12:18:54 UTC
- Depth
- 79.4 km (49.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.457° N, 152.732° 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
- 42
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.743 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 144 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.258 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.736 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 82 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.148 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.964 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 137 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.578 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.580 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.359 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.990 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.778 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.753 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.688 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.048 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 79 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.454 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.159 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.945 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 160 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 138 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.370 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.247 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.765 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.614 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 93 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.152 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 145 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.731 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3327 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.166 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.573 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.620 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 138 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.774 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 145 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.847 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 81 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 139 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.682 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
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