M1.7 earthquake 67 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 67 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 7:24 PM AKDT (03:24 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km W of Point Possession, 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
- 2018-08-16 03:24:18 UTC
- Depth
- 110.9 km (68.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.046° N, 152.385° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.715 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 111 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.056 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 95 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.743 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.743 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2965 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.245 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.046 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.848 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.774 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 112 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.874 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 113 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.717 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.556 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.616 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.317 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.427 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.16 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.538 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.518 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.552 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.528 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.535 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.554 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.449 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.052 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2948 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.036 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 114 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 161.
Before
- 1.630 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.936 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.212 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 112 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.256 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.08 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 133 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.918 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.945 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.124 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.822 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
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