M1.7 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 9:59 AM AKDT (17:59 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 60 km SW 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
- 2023-03-28 17:59:59 UTC
- Depth
- 94.6 km (58.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.587° N, 161.147° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.033 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 132 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.838 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.619 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 165 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.82 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.749 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.257 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1272 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.349 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1270 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.110 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 162 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.84 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.234 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 154 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.734 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 157 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.147 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.067 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.335 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 170 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1258 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.850 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.827 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.771 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.258 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.460 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.857 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.648 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.646 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.636 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1249 days ago · 160 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.038 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1239 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.041 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.261 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 126 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.943 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.970 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.931 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.846 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1233 days ago · 147 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.736 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.852 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.84 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.169 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.844 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 1.631 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.134 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.131 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 161 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.431 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1294 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.131 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.233 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.037 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.150 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1315 days ago · 149 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.962 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
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