M1.7 earthquake 36 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 36 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:03 PM AKDT (04:03 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 20 km SW of Anchor Point, 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
- 2020-03-28 04:03:53 UTC
- Depth
- 18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.581° N, 150.583° 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: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.518 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.715 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.032 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2381 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.918 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.513 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.711 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.212 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.716 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.119 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.91 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.717 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.858 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.730 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.914 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.511 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.016 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.11 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.76 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.016 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.522 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.420 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.749 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.522 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 1.518 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.624 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.934 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.819 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.543 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.730 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.04 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.526 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.623 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.824 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
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