M1.9 earthquake 46 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 2:04 AM AKST (11:04 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 74 km WSW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-16 11:04:52 UTC
- Depth
- 65.6 km (40.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.110° N, 152.575° 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
- 36
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 183 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.736 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.666 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.823 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.728 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.834 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.977 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.238 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.580 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.067 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.965 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.467 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.457 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.338 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.432 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 143 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.131 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.828 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.156 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.589 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.681 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.886 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.927 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.263 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.064 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.424 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 137 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.252 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.679 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.460 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.753 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 71 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.453 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.841 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 125 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
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