M1.8 earthquake 79 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 6:23 AM AKST (15:23 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 55 km W of Nanwalek, 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
- 2017-11-18 15:23:42 UTC
- Depth
- 74.3 km (46.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.962° N, 153.070° 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
- 18
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 166 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.128 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.830 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.860 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.878 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.151 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.775 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.148 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.032 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.587 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.141 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 128 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.958 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.493 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.882 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 69 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.874 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.776 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.034 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.842 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.054 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.368 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 62 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3231 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.819 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3230 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.882 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.520 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.453 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.844 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.848 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.722 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.147 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.935 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.746 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.672 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.626 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.939 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.542 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.722 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.939 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
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