M1.8 earthquake 17 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Jul 17, 2017, 11:55 PM AKDT (07:55 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-18 07:55:19 UTC
- Depth
- 59.2 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.993° N, 151.369° 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
- 62
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 141 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.348 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.828 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.924 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 14
- 2.175 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.738 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.160 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.917 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.572 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.522 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.840 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.555 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.841 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.121 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.18 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.946 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3366 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3366 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 124 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 134 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.926 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.749 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
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