M1.9 earthquake 48 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 48 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, May 3, 2017, 12:42 AM AKDT (08:42 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 32 km WNW of Nikiski, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-03 08:42:09 UTC
- Depth
- 105.5 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.154° N, 152.019° 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
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.56 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.813 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.069 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 124 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.310 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.550 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.866 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 1.726 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.636 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.425 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.582 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3439 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.270 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3438 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.027 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.521 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.960 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.838 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.163 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.922 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.337 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.542 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.537 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.939 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.635 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3433 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 114 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.714 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 3432 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.542 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.72 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.229 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.572 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 170 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.856 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.171 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.514 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 2.167 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.16 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.417 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 1.928 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.39 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 20
- 1.527 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.522 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.039 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 78 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.918 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.684 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 135 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.722 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.571 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.852 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
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