M1.9 earthquake 36 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 36 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 7:59 AM AKDT (15:59 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 62 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-22 15:59:43 UTC
- Depth
- 17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.882° N, 153.383° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.937 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.462 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.747 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.314 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.450 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.430 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.656 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.913 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.862 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.757 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.925 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6118 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5111 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2112 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.546 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.234 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.927 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 1.57 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3113 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2128 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4126 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4111 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.728 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.815 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.027 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.023 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.032 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.825 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.727 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.722 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.617 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.319 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
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