M1.7 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 8:39 AM AKDT (16:39 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 52 km SSE of Sand Point, 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
- 2022-10-17 16:39:29 UTC
- Depth
- 49.3 km (30.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.543° N, 161.480° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.725 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1443 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.687 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1440 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 2.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.543 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 1433 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.087 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.741 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.938 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.857 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.848 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.867 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.544 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1426 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.932 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.557 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.385 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.160 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.130 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.366 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1419 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.237 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.869 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.692 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.055 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.935 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.7117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.825 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.976 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.695 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1405 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 1.645 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.543 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.742 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.098 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1446 days ago · 91 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.293 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.594 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.750 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.758 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.661 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.635 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 164 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.684 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
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