Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 71 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 9:15 PM AKST (06:15 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 74 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-27 06:15:51 UTC
Depth
32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.729° N, 151.536° 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
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6109 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.772 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.448 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.474 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.035 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.619 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.030 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.152 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.883 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.295 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.843 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.853 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.860 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.617 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.873 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.556 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.678 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.668 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.643 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.786 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.948 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.972 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.8Southern Alaska · 3191 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.0129 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.085 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.765 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.542 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.662 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.658 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.896 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 3.240 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.537 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.933 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 2.251 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.047 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.980 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.656 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.582 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.860 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.013 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 1.510 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.658 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 1.749 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.694 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 2.069 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 1.621 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.576 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.286 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.973 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.048 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.920 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 1.670 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.681 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.828 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.978 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  7. 2.263 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.338 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.457 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.467 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.965 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.262 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.969 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.580 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.977 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.046 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.736 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.946 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away

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