M1.6 earthquake 39 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 39 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 8:58 PM AKDT (04:58 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 68 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2017-11-03 04:58:20 UTC
- Depth
- 79.7 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.400° N, 152.607° 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
- 47
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 64 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.571 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.740 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 158 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3255 days ago · 141 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 142 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 138 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 139 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3253 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 70 · tsunami flag
- 2.047 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.661 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.87 km W of Seldovia, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.94 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 146 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.525 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3251 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.914 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.563 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.826 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.861 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.645 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 91 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 90 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.057 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 95 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.568 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.069 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 92 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 131 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.285 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.083 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.248 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.541 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.751 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
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