M1.9 earthquake 63 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 63 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Aug 2, 2017, 1:39 PM AKDT (21:39 UTC), 104 km (65 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-02 21:39:19 UTC
- Depth
- 104.3 km (64.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.319° N, 152.687° 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
- 66
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 192 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3348 days ago · 158 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.550 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.020 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 120 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 154 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.263 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.712 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.356 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 150 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 3.167 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 155 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.652 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 114 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.740 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 152 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 123 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.232 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 126 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 96 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 156 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 114 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.165 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 126 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.067 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 84 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.656 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 135 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 119 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3349 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.568 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.046 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 157 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
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