M1.7 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 9:20 AM AKDT (17:20 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 50 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
- 2018-07-23 17:20:30 UTC
- Depth
- 127.0 km (78.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.917° N, 153.307° 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 189 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.971 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 99 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 110 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.561 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 113 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.942 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 106 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.239 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 129 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 125 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.581 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 141 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.330 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 136 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2991 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 124 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.535 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 117 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.655 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.150 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.363 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 142 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 123 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.264 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.447 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 127 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 133 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.847 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.666 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 135 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 115 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.879 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.645 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 125 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.591 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 139 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 117 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 125 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2987 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.953 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 121 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 121 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 135 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.157 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.632 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.572 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 112 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 97 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 117 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.936 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 123 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 97 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2997 days ago · 125 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 120 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 116 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 107 km deep · 36 km away
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