M1.7 earthquake 52 km E of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 52 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 11:48 PM AKST (08:48 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 41 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-15 08:48:01 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.376° N, 159.668° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.153 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.144 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.250 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.480 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.194 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.812 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.768 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.199 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.199 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.647 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 153 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.741 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.542 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.429 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.676 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.744 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.545 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.993 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.957 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.245 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.838 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.031 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.728 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.125 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Perryville, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.232 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.572 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.617 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.572 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.488 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.251 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.142 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
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