Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 35 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 35 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 1:46 PM AKST (22:46 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 43 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-08 22:46:43 UTC
Depth
92.4 km (57.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.289° N, 151.671° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 128 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.510 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.69 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.521 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.318 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.610 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.620 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.770 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.714 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.9Southern Alaska · 3523 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3523 days ago · 115 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 3.323 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.048 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.645 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.022 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.560 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 138 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.74 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.826 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.537 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.818 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.613 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.530 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.761 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.531 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.891 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 154 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.537 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.69 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.948 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.611 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.219 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.624 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.77 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.239 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.421 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.520 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.45 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.623 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.936 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.920 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 1.863 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 1.561 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.59 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.627 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.618 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 1.743 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.325 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 3.443 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.990 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 159 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 2.816 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.828 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.67 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.537 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.470 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 77 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.640 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3526 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.823 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.621 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.632 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.813 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.318 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.85 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.428 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.66 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3530 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.574 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.916 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.169 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 132 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.69 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.559 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away

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