M1.7 earthquake 43 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 43 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 4:57 AM AKDT (12:57 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 1 km E of Homer, 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
- 2024-08-28 12:57:19 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.332° N, 152.685° 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
- 63
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.557 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 766 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 766 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.663 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 766 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 766 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.546 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.538 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 156 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.537 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 765 days ago · 130 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 765 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 765 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.855 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 764 days ago · 145 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 764 days ago · 131 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.771 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 764 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.192 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 764 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 62
- 2.19 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 763 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 763 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.51 km E of Homer, Alaska · 762 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 251 · tsunami flag
- 1.960 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.458 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 762 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 761 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.040 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 761 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 761 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.854 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 761 days ago · 142 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.589 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 760 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.778 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 760 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.44 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 760 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.154 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 759 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 759 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 758 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 758 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.744 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 758 days ago · 158 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.758 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 758 days ago · 77 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 758 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 758 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 757 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.761 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.513 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.059 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 767 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.058 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.564 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.657 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 768 days ago · 102 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 71 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.340 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 137 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 79 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 769 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 769 days ago · 84 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.152 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 769 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 769 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.632 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 769 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
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