Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 46 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 12:19 AM AKST (09:19 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km E of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-06 09:19:49 UTC
Depth
19.7 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.778° N, 150.033° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.33 km NW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.834 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.240 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.537 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.55 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.61 km E of Cohoe, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.77 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.728 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.68 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.135 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.715 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.76 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.80 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.65 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.819 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.714 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.832 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.510 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.67 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.516 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.716 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.069 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.65 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.69 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.914 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.518 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.938 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.621 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 1.84 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.99 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.415 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.523 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.52 km S of Cohoe, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.524 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.020 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 3.221 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 17
  40. 1.51 km E of Homer, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 3.518 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 23
  42. 2.127 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 2.823 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  44. 1.55 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.63 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.021 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.636 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.960 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.511 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.639 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.627 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.222 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.931 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 2.324 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.016 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.829 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 3.120 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.58 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 2.016 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.820 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.97 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.853 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.85 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.910 km ENE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.615 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.54 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.76 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 3.414 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.47 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.644 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.531 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.625 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.514 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.612 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  20. 1.823 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018a2p5sz (also filed as ak17942624). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.