M1.7 earthquake 93 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 93 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 3:05 AM AKST (12:05 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-18 12:05:16 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.926° N, 153.327° 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
- 37
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 140 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.927 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 138 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.568 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.047 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.665 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.563 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.749 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.589 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.790 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.061 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.621 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.576 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.362 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.973 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.390 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.985 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.084 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3172 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.688 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.395 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.441 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.981 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.048 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.159 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.138 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.566 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.957 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.956 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.920 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.024 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 138 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.860 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.455 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.837 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 117 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3182 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 110 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 71 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
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