M1.7 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Thu, Jan 12, 2017, 6:10 AM AKST (15:10 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2017-01-12 15:10:04 UTC
- Depth
- 96.6 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.418° N, 152.520° 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
- 44
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.568 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.912 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3552 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 95 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 81 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.950 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 122 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.968 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 81 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.518 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 156 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.048 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.616 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.614 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.593 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.712 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.717 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.744 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 142 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.925 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.667 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 95 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.073 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 110 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.062 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.040 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 86 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.245 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.624 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.867 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.744 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.732 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.751 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 143 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017k3ftig (also filed as ak15063955). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC.