M1.6 earthquake 23 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 10:44 AM AKDT (18:44 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 47 km WSW of Akhiok, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-12 18:44:59 UTC
- Depth
- 24.2 km (15.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.292° N, 153.656° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.528 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.936 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.125 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.316 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.747 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.314 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.450 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.430 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.656 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.913 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.735 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.853 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.130 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.030 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.925 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.642 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.551 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 1.728 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.815 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.027 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.023 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.032 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.825 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.928 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.727 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.638 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.722 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.725 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.617 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.525 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.319 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.318 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.728 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
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