M1.7 earthquake 73 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 8:47 AM AKDT (16:47 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 71 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2018-03-11 16:47:20 UTC
- Depth
- 126.9 km (78.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.013° N, 152.489° 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
- 36
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 82 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 111 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.716 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.661 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.644 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.475 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 117 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.883 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 172 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.930 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.429 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.520 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.59 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 143 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.587 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.843 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.668 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 139 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 115 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.975 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 124 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.026 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.896 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 162 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.549 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3122 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 147 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of Lime Village, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.583 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 150 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.673 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 122 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 115 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.072 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.354 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 164 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.629 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.962 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 141 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.549 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.061 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 137 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.422 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.912 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3128 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3128 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.639 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 138 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.372 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.271 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 135 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.813 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.265 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 132 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.962 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 161 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.56 km E of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
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