M1.8 earthquake 14 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 9:26 AM AKDT (17:26 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2017-08-10 17:26:41 UTC
- Depth
- 72.3 km (44.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.035° N, 151.932° 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
- 45
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
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.629 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.861 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 131 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 141 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 132 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 155 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 141 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 139 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.847 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.774 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 138 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3341 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.868 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.067 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.165 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 156 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
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