M1.5 earthquake 19 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Apr 5, 2017, 7:31 AM AKDT (15:31 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-05 15:31:40 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.980° N, 151.455° 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
- 24
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 173 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.441 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.655 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.553 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.521 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 1.851 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.220 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.032 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.933 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.513 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.322 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 70 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.527 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.37 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.839 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 65 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.632 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.818 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.571 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 154 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.88 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.02 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.841 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 80 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.67 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.920 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.771 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.986 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 140 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.212 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.120 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.161 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.77 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.435 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.712 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.736 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.61 km SSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.662 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.331 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.869 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.738 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.735 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.510 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 74 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.214 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
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