M1.7 earthquake 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 2:19 PM AKST (23:19 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2017-11-21 23:19:21 UTC
- Depth
- 108.9 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.216° N, 152.693° 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
- 23
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
- 1.512 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.148 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 119 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.032 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 105 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.660 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 112 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.141 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 107 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.177 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 141 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.830 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.871 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3234 days ago · 129 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 100 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 112 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 111 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.842 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.671 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 102 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 123 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.767 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 104 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 89 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.044 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.054 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 141 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.555 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 120 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.672 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 121 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.954 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 89 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 95 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.147 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 134 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 164 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.061 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 140 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 109 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.538 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 139 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 107 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
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