M1.6 earthquake 64 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 64 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Nov 8, 2017, 8:18 AM AKST (17:18 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2017-11-08 17:18:47 UTC
- Depth
- 90.4 km (56.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.465° N, 153.035° 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
- 27
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
- 1.861 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.645 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 90 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.057 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 95 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.056 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.250 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 118 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.879 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.760 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.083 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.754 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.028 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.721 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 129 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.547 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 132 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3247 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.952 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3246 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.050 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 153 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.934 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.648 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 157 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.360 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.561 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.558 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 89 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.124 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 168 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.747 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.939 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 133 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 66 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.722 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.542 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.939 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.626 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.672 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 92 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.746 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.964 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 134 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.935 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.147 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 81 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.660 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.563 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 93 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3251 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 94 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.525 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 146 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 137 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.94 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.87 km W of Seldovia, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.661 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
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