M1.5 earthquake 6 km S of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km S of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, May 3, 2017, 1:27 AM AKDT (09:27 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-03 09:27:27 UTC
- Depth
- 74.8 km (46.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.007° N, 151.121° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.069 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.310 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.550 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3441 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.866 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.726 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.636 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.425 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3439 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.270 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.314 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 735 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.913 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.013 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.414 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.027 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.521 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.960 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.838 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.163 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.922 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 68 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.337 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.542 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 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 · 66 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3433 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.714 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.56 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.117 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 3432 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.542 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.948 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.167 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.417 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 1.928 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.68 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.39 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 20
- 1.74 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.522 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.039 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
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