M1.8 earthquake 27 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 27 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Aug 1, 2017, 3:59 AM AKDT (11:59 UTC), 73 km (45 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
- 2017-08-01 11:59:59 UTC
- Depth
- 73.0 km (45.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.767° N, 151.774° 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
- 75
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 117 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 84 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 82 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 154 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.027 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.232 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 80 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3341 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.123 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 86 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.552 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.165 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 81 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.114 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 80 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3352 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.121 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 74 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 139 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.841 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 82 km deep · 8 km away
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