M1.5 earthquake 29 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 29 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 12:47 PM AKDT (20:47 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 67 km N of Aleneva, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-17 20:47:13 UTC
- Depth
- 76.1 km (47.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.322° N, 152.426° 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
- 22
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3090 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 3089 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.943 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 139 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.168 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.75 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.511 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.680 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.241 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.156 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.939 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.351 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.961 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 124 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.330 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3085 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.137 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 132 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.962 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.512 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.968 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.153 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 86 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3084 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.75 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.721 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.99 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.267 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.962 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.557 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 154 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.015 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.682 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.333 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.641 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.531 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
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