M1.6 earthquake 13 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska on Fri, Dec 9, 2016, 8:32 AM AKST (17:32 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW of Skwentna, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-09 17:32:04 UTC
- Depth
- 54.5 km (33.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.211° N, 150.346° 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
- 43
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 162 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.550 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3586 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.139 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.919 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.73 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.516 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.049 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.855 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.734 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.836 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.061 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.18 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.941 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.613 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.719 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.141 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.811 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.163 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.567 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.53 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 33
- 2.118 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3579 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.633 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 121 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.618 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.124 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.446 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.711 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3578 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.039 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.927 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.650 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.33 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.920 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.415 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.826 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.557 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.516 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.823 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.826 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.611 km SE of Petersville, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.15 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.713 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.624 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.226 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 145 · tsunami flag
- 1.736 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
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