Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 12:54 PM AKDT (20:54 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-23 20:54:47 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.761° N, 160.596° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.384 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.281 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.0109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3326 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away

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