M1.9 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 5:50 AM AKDT (13:50 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2017-07-30 13:50:42 UTC
- Depth
- 95.8 km (59.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.878° N, 152.150° 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
- 87
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.114 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.165 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.552 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.568 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 120 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 154 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 123 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.027 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.232 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.764 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.067 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3342 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.121 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 139 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.951 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 168 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 109 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.841 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.555 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.16 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
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