M1.5 earthquake 45 km W of Anderson, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 45 km W of Anderson, Alaska on Tue, Jan 3, 2017, 9:07 PM AKST (06:07 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 30 km WNW of Minto, 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
- 2017-01-04 06:07:43 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.365° N, 150.120° 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
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.735 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.519 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.942 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0Central Alaska · 3555 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.220 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.843 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.653 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.947 km SW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.942 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.638 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.642 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.943 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.836 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.038 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.623 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.558 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 0.7Central Alaska · 3527 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.845 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.847 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.529 km W of Ester, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.630 km WNW of Minto, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 11
- 2.130 km SSE of Rampart, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.89 km NE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.56 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.822 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Anderson, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.936 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.852 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.64 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.517 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.732 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 1.728 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.265 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.915 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.36 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.926 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.74 km S of Healy, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.042 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.927 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.770 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.847 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.742 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.819 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.643 km WSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.740 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 3582 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
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