M1.6 earthquake 36 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 3:09 PM AKDT (23:09 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Southern 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
- 2017-09-30 23:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- 85.5 km (53.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.267° 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
- 46
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 192 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.918 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.725 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 56 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.751 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3288 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.364 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 72 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 73 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.579 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.787 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.953 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.834 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.963 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.052 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.748 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.625 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.152 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.746 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.360 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.87 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.139 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.768 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.50 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.364 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.66 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3277 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 138 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.662 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 4.328 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.670 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.559 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.559 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.911 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.654 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 120 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3290 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.792 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.791 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.569 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.746 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.992 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.040 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 143 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.541 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
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