M1.6 earthquake 58 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Aug 27, 2017, 10:13 AM AKDT (18:13 UTC), 57 km (36 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-27 18:13:14 UTC
- Depth
- 57.3 km (35.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.936° N, 152.529° 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
- 28
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 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.043 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 67 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.243 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.150 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.986 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.033 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 57 · tsunami flag
- 1.660 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.460 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.768 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.161 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.859 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 53 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.690 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3317 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.261 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.162 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.122 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.244 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.792 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 68 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.038 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.622 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.638 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.559 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.735 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.756 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.646 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.575 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.768 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.126 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.953 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.844 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.464 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.757 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.654 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.649 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.856 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.620 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.573 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.765 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 60 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.247 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
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