M1.5 earthquake 59 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 59 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 1:49 PM AKDT (21:49 UTC), 106 km (66 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-02 21:49:17 UTC
- Depth
- 106.3 km (66.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.358° N, 152.536° 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
- 53
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
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.571 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.740 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 158 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 139 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3255 days ago · 141 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 127 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 142 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.911 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 139 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3254 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.562 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 140 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 70 · tsunami flag
- 2.047 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.940 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 114 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.661 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.94 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 137 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 146 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.525 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3252 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.517 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 111 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.914 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.563 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.921 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.943 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.069 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 99 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.771 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 128 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.642 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.541 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.751 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.773 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.034 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.131 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 133 km deep · 77 km away
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