M1.7 earthquake 61 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 7:01 PM AKST (04:01 UTC), 99 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2018-01-28 04:01:21 UTC
- Depth
- 99.0 km (61.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.536° N, 152.937° 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
- 14
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.940 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 134 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.962 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.853 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.139 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 134 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.048 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.159 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.138 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.256 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 141 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.841 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.660 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 100 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.956 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 101 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 122 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 137 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.765 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.229 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 102 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 131 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.930 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 148 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 94 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.858 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 109 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.848 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 139 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 99 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.139 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.152 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 106 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 89 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.219 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.751 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 101 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.039 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 164 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.843 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.441 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.688 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3172 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3172 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 93 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.939 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.471 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 75 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.625 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
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