M1.5 earthquake 80 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 3:23 AM AKST (12:23 UTC), 63 km (39 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-09 12:23:15 UTC
- Depth
- 62.8 km (39.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.045° N, 153.187° 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
- 20
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 180 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.662 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.957 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.964 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 120 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3186 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.121 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.055 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.962 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.047 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.063 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 71 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 90 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3182 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.832 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.455 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 124 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.860 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.032 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 166 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.024 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.793 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.927 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.568 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.487 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.030 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.542 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.765 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.268 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.693 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.085 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.533 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.977 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3191 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.972 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.750 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
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