M1.9 earthquake 48 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 11:12 PM AKDT (07:12 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 95 km ESE of Chignik, 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
- 2017-08-22 07:12:26 UTC
- Depth
- 20.3 km (12.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.743° N, 158.434° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.254 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.329 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.521 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.618 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.221 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.522 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.530 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.761 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.123 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.717 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.384 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.198 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.293 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.375 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.357 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.067 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.123 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.335 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.818 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.238 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.615 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.925 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.495 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.154 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.142 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 1.728 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.199 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.070 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.311 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.337 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.247 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.284 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.058 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.978 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
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