M1.8 earthquake 2 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 7:51 AM AKST (16:51 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 74 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-13 16:51:02 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.381° N, 151.940° 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
- 22
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.945 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.761 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.841 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.415 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.453 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.753 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.460 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.679 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.557 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.79 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.252 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.26 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.064 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.31 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.263 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.927 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.736 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.834 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.977 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.238 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 138 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 104 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.580 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.154 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.952 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.063 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.656 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.989 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.357 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.365 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.868 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.162 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.383 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3219 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
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