M1.8 earthquake 65 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 2:53 PM AKDT (22:53 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 68 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2017-10-06 22:53:02 UTC
- Depth
- 89.5 km (55.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.306° N, 152.739° 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
- 36
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.060 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.052 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 129 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.748 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.513 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3282 days ago · 128 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.625 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 109 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.152 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.123 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.069 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 120 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.139 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 128 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.768 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 130 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.067 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 135 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.021 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.50 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.545 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.364 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 122 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.737 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 138 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.213 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.364 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 100 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.257 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.755 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 123 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3276 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 109 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.161 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.695 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 156 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 118 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 123 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 87 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.854 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.963 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 146 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.834 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.675 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 122 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.450 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 111 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.636 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.748 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 129 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 144 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 143 km deep · 33 km away
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