M2.0 earthquake 72 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 72 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Mon, Jan 9, 2017, 7:05 PM AKST (04:05 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-10 04:05:28 UTC
- Depth
- 73.9 km (45.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.112° N, 153.106° 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
- 62
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.269 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.732 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 123 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.758 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.569 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.366 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.666 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.562 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.095 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3552 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 118 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.687 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.575 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.960 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 87 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.950 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.976 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 78 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.121 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.079 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.940 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.942 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.048 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.787 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 67 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.744 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.925 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.923 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 132 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.040 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.245 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.782 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.582 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.165 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.825 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3556 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.976 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.830 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.030 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 149 km deep · 97 km away
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