M1.7 earthquake 49 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 6:57 PM AKST (03:57 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 72 km SSW of Nanwalek, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-30 03:57:44 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.502° N, 152.741° 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
- 26
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
- 2.24 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.438 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.364 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.346 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.816 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.050 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.934 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 123 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.823 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 74 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.540 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 127 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 126 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 75 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.817 km ENE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 169 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 137 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 128 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 126 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.654 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.634 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.149 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 111 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 137 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.861 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.168 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 69 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.051 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.845 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.166 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.738 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.710 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.639 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 142 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.321 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 51 · tsunami flag
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