M1.8 earthquake 48 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska on Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 9:19 AM AKDT (17:19 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km W of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-22 17:19:10 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.592° N, 147.889° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.047 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3659 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.811 km SSE of Valdez, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.914 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.04 km W of Sunrise, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 148 · tsunami flag
- 1.621 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 2.144 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.650 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.158 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.238 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.054 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.546 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.557 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.344 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.532 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 1.848 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.611 km N of Sunrise, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.86 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.541 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.822 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.848 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.676 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.610 km N of Sunrise, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.123 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3626 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3626 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.217 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.843 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.211 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.549 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.714 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.056 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3617 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.616 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.821 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 1.815 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.549 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.652 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.940 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.158 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.453 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.352 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.549 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
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