M1.8 earthquake 16 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 6:34 PM AKDT (02:34 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, 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
- 2017-07-08 02:34:18 UTC
- Depth
- 64.2 km (39.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.234° N, 151.325° 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
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.128 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.441 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.928 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.929 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.795 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 143 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.578 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.18 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.811 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.523 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.627 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.512 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.348 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.730 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.738 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.533 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.418 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.521 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.316 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 67 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.025 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.52 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.54 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.015 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.127 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.611 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.16 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.730 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.515 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.630 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.326 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 41 · tsunami flag
- 2.55 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.741 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.210 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.22 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 67 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.833 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.82 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.827 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.730 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.755 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.825 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.537 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
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