Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 57 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 3:59 PM AKST (00:59 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-12 00:59:20 UTC
Depth
20.7 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.825° N, 160.630° 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: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.977 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.381 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.446 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 3.459 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.648 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.153 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.3116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.257 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.973 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 2.372 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.940 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.342 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.155 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.046 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.144 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.964 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.3103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.132 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.470 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.389 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.032 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.7122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.149 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.149 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away

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