M1.5 earthquake 9 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 5:07 PM AKDT (01:07 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 32 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-17 01:07:00 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.103° N, 147.862° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.557 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.532 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
- 1.99 km W of Seward, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.848 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.320 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.822 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.848 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.676 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.047 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.549 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.714 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.056 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.237 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.639 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3606 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.531 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.172 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.742 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.541 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.721 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.651 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.038 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.052 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.835 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.118 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 70.
Before
- 2.054 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.650 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.713 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
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