M2.0 earthquake 71 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 71 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Jan 27, 2017, 4:32 PM AKST (01:32 UTC), 126 km (78 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-28 01:32:55 UTC
- Depth
- 125.6 km (78.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.242° N, 152.891° 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
- 45
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.961 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.265 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 123 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3535 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.832 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 186 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.219 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 157 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.625 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.042 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 178 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.656 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3532 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.922 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.848 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3532 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.519 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3531 days ago · 142 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.759 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.473 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 133 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.234 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.359 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 93 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 108 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 127 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 107 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.574 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.568 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.66 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.934 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.920 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.264 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.436 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 182 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.858 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 168 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.718 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 121 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 123 km deep · 20 km away
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