Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 51 km S of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 51 km S of Ugashik, Alaska on Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 12:25 AM AKST (09:25 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Naknek forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-11-15 09:25:37 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.060° N, 157.551° 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
33

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.250 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.277 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.0119 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.595 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.333 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 112 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.251 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.926 km S of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3228 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.947 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.039 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.041 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.396 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.387 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.628 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 181 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.6113 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.189 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.052 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.134 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.383 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.816 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.1120 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.019 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.353 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 2.5114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.5106 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.447 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 1.90 km WSW of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.83 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 1.846 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.874 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.5107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.231 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.6120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.287 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.048 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.460 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.19 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.84 km S of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3190 days ago · -3 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.657 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 2.355 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.055 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 2.527 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 190 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.991 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.758 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.360 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.539 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.723 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.639 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.315 km N of Chignik, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.663 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.245 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.073 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.736 km SSE of Egegik, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.964 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.339 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.048 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017enpy1rx (also filed as ak17224992). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC.