M1.6 earthquake 56 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Thu, Feb 9, 2017, 11:59 PM AKST (08:59 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 28 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-10 08:59:20 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.556° N, 147.492° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.137 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of Valdez, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.930 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.746 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.044 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.929 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.140 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.725 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.346 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.328 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 2.443 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.127 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.836 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.534 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.449 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.339 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.73 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.551 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3509 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.822 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.554 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.835 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.846 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.158 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.517 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.818 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.616 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.739 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.916 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.520 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.846 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.747 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.551 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.552 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.633 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.558 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.241 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.512 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.837 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.649 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.524 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
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