M1.5 earthquake 71 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 6:43 PM AKDT (02:43 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, 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
- 2017-04-28 02:43:11 UTC
- Depth
- 99.6 km (61.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.467° N, 152.656° 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
- 40
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.931 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 140 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.632 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 137 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.555 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 143 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.684 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 135 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.636 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.546 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.669 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.958 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.434 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 87 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.638 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.248 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3443 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.167 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.033 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 119 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 88 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.948 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 132 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.069 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.344 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.361 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.862 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3440 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.543 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.536 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 137 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.555 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.852 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.740 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 138 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3449 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.574 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 117 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.565 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.937 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
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