Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 20 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 20 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska on Sat, May 17, 1997, 8:58 PM AKDT (04:58 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km SW of Gateway, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-05-18 04:58:15 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.100° N, 150.615° 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
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.734 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10732 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.364 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10732 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.163 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.59 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.910 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.66 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.54 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.355 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.712 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 10730 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.83 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 10730 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10729 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.264 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10729 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.144 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10729 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.111 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.629 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.960 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.828 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.014 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 10727 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.54 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 10726 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.013 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.728 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.437 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 1.920 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.223 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 3.130 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.76 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.56 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.724 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 1.824 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.88 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10721 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 2.026 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 10721 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.910 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 3.64 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 2.121 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 3.3Southern Alaska · 10719 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.834 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 10719 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.014 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 10719 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 3.221 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10719 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.95 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.911 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.915 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.95 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.77 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.68 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.69 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.822 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 10715 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.918 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.153 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.821 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.820 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.113 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.254 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.334 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 2.064 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.564 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 2.08 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 10712 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.91 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 10712 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.727 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10712 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.17 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10732 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.025 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10732 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.56 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 10733 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.88 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10733 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.832 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10733 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.251 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10734 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.014 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10734 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.222 km SW of Tyonek, AK · 10734 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.857 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 10734 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.62 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 10735 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.522 km W of Hope, Alaska · 10735 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.723 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 10735 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.037 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.715 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 59 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.141 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 10737 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.715 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10738 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.610 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 10738 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.77 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 10738 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.96 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 10739 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away

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