M1.6 earthquake 42 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 27, 2017, 10:15 PM AKST (07:15 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 38 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-28 07:15:12 UTC
- Depth
- 95.4 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.102° N, 151.920° 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
- 26
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 136 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.428 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.538 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.656 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.672 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.172 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3532 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 97 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.943 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.618 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.78 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 132 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.574 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 132 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 112 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3529 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.66 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.428 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3527 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.632 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.823 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3524 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.510 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.521 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.318 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.620 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.770 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3522 days ago · 115 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.323 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.048 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 138 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.826 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.537 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.759 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.525 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 114 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.140 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 113 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 1.730 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
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