M1.5 earthquake 38 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 4:04 AM AKST

UTC

2016-12-01 13:04:19 UTC

Depth

4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.470° N, 148.374° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

16

• Bear Creek, AlaskaPopulation 1,956. Forecast66 kmENE
• Eagle River, AlaskaPopulation 24,793. Forecast115 kmSE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast117 kmSE

After

1. 1.621 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Dec 2, 3:18 PM AKST · 3593 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.657 km NE of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Dec 2, 5:41 PM AKST · 3593 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
3. 2.025 km ESE of Knik River, AlaskaFri, Dec 2, 6:09 PM AKST · 3593 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Dec 3, 12:13 AM AKST · 3593 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
5. 3.019 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Dec 4, 3:37 PM AKST · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
6. 1.718 km SE of Lowell Point, AlaskaSun, Dec 4, 8:03 PM AKST · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
7. 2.118 km W of Whittier, AlaskaMon, Dec 5, 2:20 AM AKST · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
8. 2.410 km WSW of Hope, AlaskaMon, Dec 5, 12:53 PM AKST · 3590 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
9. 1.615 km E of Whittier, AlaskaMon, Dec 5, 8:29 PM AKST · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
10. 1.647 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaTue, Dec 6, 5:36 PM AKST · 3589 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
11. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Dec 7, 4:59 AM AKST · 3589 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
12. 2.046 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Dec 7, 11:51 AM AKST · 3588 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
13. 1.836 km ESE of Lowell Point, AlaskaThu, Dec 8, 8:30 AM AKST · 3587 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
14. 2.044 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaThu, Dec 8, 4:07 PM AKST · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
15. 1.6Southern AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 5:32 AM AKST · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
16. 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Dec 9, 3:31 PM AKST · 3586 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
17. 1.626 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaSun, Dec 11, 1:03 PM AKST · 3584 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
18. 1.742 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaSun, Dec 11, 1:15 PM AKST · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
19. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Dec 12, 7:05 PM AKST · 3583 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
20. 1.650 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaTue, Dec 13, 8:43 PM AKST · 3582 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
21. 1.642 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaWed, Dec 14, 12:59 PM AKST · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
22. 1.744 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaSat, Dec 17, 8:10 AM AKST · 3578 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
23. 1.840 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Dec 18, 3:27 PM AKST · 3577 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
24. 1.855 km NE of Chenega, AlaskaMon, Dec 19, 12:17 AM AKST · 3577 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
25. 1.549 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Dec 19, 10:09 PM AKST · 3576 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
26. 1.99 km ESE of Lowell Point, AlaskaTue, Dec 20, 10:02 PM AKST · 3575 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
27. 1.522 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Dec 23, 6:12 AM AKST · 3572 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
28. 1.78 km E of Seward, AlaskaFri, Dec 23, 1:03 PM AKST · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
29. 3.534 km NNE of Whittier, AlaskaFri, Dec 23, 8:24 PM AKST · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
30. 1.822 km S of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Dec 24, 2:30 AM AKST · 3572 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
31. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaSat, Dec 24, 9:41 AM AKST · 3571 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
32. 2.334 km S of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Dec 26, 12:37 AM AKST · 3570 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
33. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 12:53 AM AKST · 3569 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
34. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaTue, Dec 27, 9:47 PM AKST · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
35. 1.6Southern AlaskaWed, Dec 28, 12:13 AM AKST · 3568 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
36. 1.727 km S of Chenega, AlaskaWed, Dec 28, 4:05 PM AKST · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
37. 1.627 km E of Lowell Point, AlaskaWed, Dec 28, 4:48 PM AKST · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
38. 1.655 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaThu, Dec 29, 8:23 AM AKST · 3566 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
39. 1.89 km W of Moose Pass, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 1:56 AM AKST · 3563 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
40. 1.727 km S of Whittier, AlaskaMon, Jan 2, 4:01 AM AKST · 3563 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
41. 1.541 km WSW of Chenega, AlaskaTue, Jan 3, 3:33 AM AKST · 3562 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
42. 2.126 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 5:34 AM AKST · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
43. 1.927 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Jan 4, 10:11 PM AKST · 3560 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
44. 1.839 km NNW of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Jan 6, 9:03 PM AKST · 3558 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
45. 1.69 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaSun, Jan 8, 2:30 PM AKST · 3556 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
46. 1.5Southern AlaskaSun, Jan 8, 7:49 PM AKST · 3556 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
47. 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 11:00 AM AKST · 3553 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
48. 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Jan 11, 11:31 PM AKST · 3553 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
49. 2.936 km W of Chenega, AlaskaThu, Jan 12, 6:56 AM AKST · 3552 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
50. 1.658 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaThu, Jan 12, 1:36 PM AKST · 3552 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
51. 1.922 km SSW of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Jan 13, 7:35 PM AKST · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
52. 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Jan 16, 4:37 AM AKST · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
53. 1.89 km E of Chenega, AlaskaTue, Jan 17, 6:29 PM AKST · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
54. 1.847 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Jan 18, 9:29 PM AKST · 3546 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
55. 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Jan 18, 9:38 PM AKST · 3546 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
56. 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaThu, Jan 19, 2:12 AM AKST · 3546 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
57. 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Jan 20, 7:16 PM AKST · 3544 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
58. 2.025 km ENE of Moose Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 21, 12:55 AM AKST · 3544 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
59. 1.954 km E of Chenega, AlaskaSat, Jan 21, 2:36 AM AKST · 3544 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
60. 1.522 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Jan 21, 8:07 AM AKST · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

1. 1.635 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaTue, Nov 29, 5:47 PM AKST · 3596 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
2. 1.541 km SSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Nov 28, 2:14 PM AKST · 3597 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
3. 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, AlaskaSun, Nov 27, 4:47 PM AKST · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
4. 1.835 km ESE of Chenega, AlaskaSat, Nov 26, 10:35 PM AKST · 3599 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
5. 2.052 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaSat, Nov 26, 2:06 PM AKST · 3599 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
6. 1.531 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Nov 26, 11:58 AM AKST · 3599 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
7. 3.038 km NNW of Chenega, AlaskaSat, Nov 26, 10:50 AM AKST · 3599 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
8. 1.651 km N of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Nov 25, 12:03 PM AKST · 3600 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
9. 1.721 km SSE of Lowell Point, AlaskaFri, Nov 25, 9:24 AM AKST · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
10. 1.520 km SE of Lowell Point, AlaskaWed, Nov 23, 11:39 PM AKST · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
11. 2.541 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Nov 23, 5:45 AM AKST · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
12. 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Nov 23, 4:39 AM AKST · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
13. 1.755 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Nov 23, 3:41 AM AKST · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
14. 1.742 km E of Primrose, AlaskaTue, Nov 22, 12:34 PM AKST · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
15. 1.856 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Nov 21, 12:17 PM AKST · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
16. 1.531 km NNW of Chenega, AlaskaSun, Nov 20, 2:38 AM AKST · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.552 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaSun, Nov 20, 1:14 AM AKST · 3606 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
18. 1.5Southern AlaskaSat, Nov 19, 9:04 AM AKST · 3606 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
19. 1.643 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaThu, Nov 17, 8:30 PM AKST · 3608 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
20. 1.639 km SE of Whittier, AlaskaThu, Nov 17, 12:43 PM AKST · 3608 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016ffwc56f (also filed as ak14717560). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.