M1.7 earthquake 78 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 78 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Sep 21, 2017, 12:07 PM AKDT (20:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 47 km NW of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-21 20:07:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.306° N, 152.520° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.629 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.73 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.814 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.045 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.717 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.378 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.264 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.227 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.555 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.034 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.848 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 143 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.59 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.450 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.060 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3284 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.831 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.123 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.545 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.547 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 1.737 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.364 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.257 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.835 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.747 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.695 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 156 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.627 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 153.
Before
- 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.035 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.064 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.711 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.136 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.851 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3306 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.69 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.011 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
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