M1.5 earthquake 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 2:05 PM AKDT (22:05 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, 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
- 2017-08-14 22:05:42 UTC
- Depth
- 94.8 km (58.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.309° N, 152.608° 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
- 39
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
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 139 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 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 · 62 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.774 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 119 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.743 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.258 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.736 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 125 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 117 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.148 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.148 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 105 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.964 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 111 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 104 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.048 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.736 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.454 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.159 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.946 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.945 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 160 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 138 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.247 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 141 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 155 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.876 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3337 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 125 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
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