M1.7 earthquake 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 6:50 AM AKDT (14:50 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 16 km ESE 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
- 2019-08-07 14:50:13 UTC
- Depth
- 98.4 km (61.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.557° N, 152.829° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 155 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.552 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.528 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 157 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 136 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.527 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.251 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.544 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 160 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 81 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.538 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 156 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.910 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.634 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.553 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 152 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.151 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.851 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 110 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.769 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.613 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 76 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.043 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.611 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 140 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.622 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.083 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.682 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.958 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 83 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.774 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.012 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 87 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 90 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.429 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.752 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 83 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.062 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.358 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.019 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.940 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 146 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.930 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2614 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.928 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 162 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 128 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.621 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.855 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.256 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 143 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 108 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
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