M1.7 earthquake 70 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 70 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 12:07 PM AKST (21:07 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 46 km SSW of Skwentna, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-14 21:07:10 UTC
- Depth
- 119.2 km (74.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.137° N, 152.434° 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
- 32
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 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.657 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.620 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.077 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.041 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.77 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.872 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.520 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.582 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 136 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.414 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.167 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3210 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.932 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.140 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.844 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.530 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.049 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 112 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.046 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 173 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.038 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.680 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.329 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3218 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3218 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.978 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.074 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 141 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.327 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 111 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.382 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 142 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.188 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.777 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 110 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
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