M1.6 earthquake 63 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska on Fri, Oct 27, 2017, 12:40 AM AKDT (08:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km E of Port Heiden, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-27 08:40:21 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.200° N, 156.514° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.283 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.271 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.639 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.894 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.866 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.360 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.758 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 141 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.567 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.991 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.770 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3247 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.527 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 190 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3246 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.258 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 158 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.051 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7104 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 141 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.464 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.967 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.250 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.176 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 162 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.572 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.076 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0119 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.765 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.595 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.333 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.296 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3226 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.944 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.859 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.964 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.039 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.783 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.153 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.041 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.889 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.765 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.396 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.387 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.628 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 181 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6113 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.245 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.538 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 136 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Egegik, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.964 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.344 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 155 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.048 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.568 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0122 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.268 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.349 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 88 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3280 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.057 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.567 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.685 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 84 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.684 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
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