M1.8 earthquake 45 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 6:18 AM AKDT (14:18 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 68 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-20 14:18:44 UTC
- Depth
- 82.1 km (51.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.367° N, 152.723° 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
- 32
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 197 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3269 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 107 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 141 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.574 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3269 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.530 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3269 days ago · 105 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.858 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.043 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 147 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.648 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.033 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 148 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.776 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.030 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 148 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.457 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3267 days ago · 132 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.160 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 84 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.935 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 69 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.258 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 86 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 76 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.076 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.247 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.964 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.258 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.850 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 74 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.793 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.071 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.283 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 127 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.136 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.087 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.536 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.737 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.852 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 87 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3270 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.146 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7Southern Alaska · 3271 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 205 · tsunami flag
- 2.164 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.031 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 136 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.327 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 134 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.751 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.117 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.258 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
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