M1.7 earthquake 21 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Oct 2, 2017, 9:10 AM AKDT (17:10 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 9 km NNE of Sterling, 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
- 2017-10-02 17:10:11 UTC
- Depth
- 70.2 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.974° N, 151.484° 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
- 20
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.721 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.848 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.033 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 143 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.628 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.636 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.59 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 65 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.312 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.450 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.56 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.060 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.514 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.727 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3283 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 88 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.112 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.831 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.123 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 65 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.021 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.545 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.547 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.737 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.714 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.364 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.257 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.126 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.835 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.934 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.422 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.747 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.695 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 156 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.628 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.034 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.528 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.555 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 93 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.633 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.227 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 77 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.623 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.014 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.411 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 89 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.264 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.522 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
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