M1.7 earthquake 61 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 9:21 AM AKST (18:21 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km ESE 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
- 2019-01-27 18:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 85.1 km (52.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.514° N, 152.964° 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
- 27
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
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.066 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 135 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 132 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.851 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.069 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.887 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.868 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 84 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 103 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.72 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.958 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 83 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.936 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.580 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 130 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 2803 days ago · 112 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.765 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.670 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2802 days ago · 79 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.529 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.854 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.639 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 129 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.572 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.544 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.551 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.97 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.453 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.656 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.99 km W of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 184 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.848 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.962 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 85 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 95 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.741 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 122 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.236 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 120 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.832 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.446 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.770 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.960 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 94 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2798 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 89 km deep · 4 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.446 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 1.969 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 131 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.325 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.257 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.544 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.054 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.769 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
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