M1.7 earthquake 69 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Aug 5, 2017, 10:51 PM AKDT (06:51 UTC), 109 km (68 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-06 06:51:03 UTC
- Depth
- 109.2 km (67.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.193° N, 152.887° 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
- 56
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
- 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 117 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.652 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.740 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 152 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 123 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.232 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 123 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 126 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 96 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 98 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 156 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 109 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.165 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 126 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.067 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 95 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 112 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3341 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 127 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.629 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 138 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.861 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 131 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 117 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 141 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 138 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 132 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 125 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3337 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.876 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 155 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 155 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.167 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 112 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.356 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 150 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.712 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.263 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 78 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 154 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 120 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
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