M1.8 earthquake 72 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 72 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 9:40 PM AKDT (05:40 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2017-06-30 05:40:35 UTC
- Depth
- 123.5 km (76.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.900° N, 152.544° 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 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.874 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 129 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.915 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 138 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.537 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 2.037 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.825 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.755 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.827 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.755 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 148 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.558 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.649 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.818 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 146 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.22 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.210 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.741 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.649 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 142 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.326 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 41 · tsunami flag
- 1.630 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.364 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.441 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.928 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.872 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.795 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 143 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.035 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.565 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 104 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.678 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.578 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 138 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.18 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 124 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3366 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.627 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.348 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.714 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.838 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.879 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.65 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.810 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.972 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 137 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.843 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.859 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 134 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.440 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.648 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3386 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.687 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.659 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
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