M1.5 earthquake 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 10:56 PM AKST (07:56 UTC), 99 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW of Skwentna, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-11 07:56:45 UTC
- Depth
- 99.2 km (61.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.909° N, 152.197° 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
- 56
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 153 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.867 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 118 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.072 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3552 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.568 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.912 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.341 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3551 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.968 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.629 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 118 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.518 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3550 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.535 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 156 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.614 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 111 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.226 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.593 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 100 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.712 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.717 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.667 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.073 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.356 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.826 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3542 days ago · 83 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3542 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.155 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.370 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.68 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.742 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 94 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.170 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 131 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.647 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.841 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.734 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.347 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
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