Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 9 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sun, Aug 6, 2017, 10:54 AM AKDT (18:54 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 19 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-06 18:54:05 UTC
Depth
42.6 km (26.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.239° N, 150.072° 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
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.15 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.85 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.321 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.910 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.123 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.524 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.213 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.94 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.732 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3338 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.315 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.223 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3336 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.514 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 1.56 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 2.34 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.72 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.718 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.030 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.637 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.133 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3331 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 24
  50. 1.617 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 4.319 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 82
  52. 1.524 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.815 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.54 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 1.827 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.74 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 2.027 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.916 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.717 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.927 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 8
  14. 4.06 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 212
  15. 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.229 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.121 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.02 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.24 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away

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