M1.6 earthquake 66 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 66 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 7:37 AM AKST (16:37 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-11 16:37:59 UTC
- Depth
- 66.9 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.883° N, 152.620° 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
- 21
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 145 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.562 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.095 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3553 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.687 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.575 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.960 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.976 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.121 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.940 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.942 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.787 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 69 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.078 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 67 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.915 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.925 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.040 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.245 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.950 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.047 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.582 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3544 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.987 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.759 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 96 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.842 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.240 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.777 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.366 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.569 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 54 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.758 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.885 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.269 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.072 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.691 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.582 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.165 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.590 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.976 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
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