Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 48 km NW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Sat, Aug 5, 2017, 11:20 AM AKDT (19:20 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-05 19:20:31 UTC
Depth
81.7 km (50.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.459° N, 151.714° 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
49

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.027 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.09 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.553 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 108 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.739 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.321 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.633 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 121 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.123 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.524 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.213 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.732 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 77 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.070 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 130 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3339 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.8Southern Alaska · 3339 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 1.876 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.315 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3336 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.72 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 3.148 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.030 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.129 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 1.637 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.133 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.835 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.524 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.225 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.573 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 1.54 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.916 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.6Central Alaska · 3348 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.927 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.628 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  15. 1.827 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.165 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away

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