M1.7 earthquake 56 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska on Wed, Jan 3, 2018, 5:09 AM AKST (14:09 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 74 km WSW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2018-01-03 14:09:48 UTC
- Depth
- 104.0 km (64.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.782° N, 153.102° 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
- 28
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
- 1.549 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 128 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 90 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.574 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.645 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 114 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 92 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 121 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.565 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 136 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 101 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.648 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 109 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.668 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.643 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.935 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.249 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 103 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.765 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 109 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.630 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.770 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.642 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3193 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.977 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.533 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 123 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.852 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 138 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.552 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.693 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 95 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.579 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.542 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.030 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 139 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 163 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.617 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.580 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 125 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.845 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 105 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.941 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 163 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 145 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.843 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.169 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 122 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.065 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 103 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.070 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 104 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.942 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 127 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01857055v (also filed as ak17846577). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.