M1.5 earthquake 71 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, May 20, 2017, 8:25 PM AKDT (04:25 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 32 km WNW of Nikiski, 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
- 2017-05-21 04:25:35 UTC
- Depth
- 116.0 km (72.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.254° N, 152.889° 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
- 16
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
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3423 days ago · 138 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.736 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 175 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.557 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 135 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.025 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 117 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.645 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3422 days ago · 134 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 104 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.950 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 133 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.874 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 120 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.642 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.924 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.960 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.546 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 162 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.456 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 106 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 134 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 102 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.443 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.420 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 154 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.062 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 118 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 102 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.53 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 143 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3418 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.123 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.542 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.526 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 96 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 112 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.743 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.171 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.742 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 141 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 135 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.345 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.430 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 147 km deep · 42 km away
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