M2.3 earthquake 38 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 38 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 3:02 AM AKST (12:02 UTC), 67 km (42 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-23 12:02:14 UTC
- Depth
- 67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.306° N, 152.592° 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
- 73
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
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.432 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 143 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.263 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.266 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.131 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.978 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.156 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 69 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.589 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.681 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3205 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.928 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 151 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.571 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.772 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.448 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.474 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.262 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.731 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.146 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.035 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.946 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.754 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.458 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.457 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.467 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.52 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.262 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.749 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 139 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.969 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.067 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
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