Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 2 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 12:47 AM AKDT (08:47 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-17 08:47:05 UTC
Depth
64.3 km (40.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.116° N, 151.094° 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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.148 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.030 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.133 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3330 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 24
  14. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.524 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.573 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.54 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.827 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 116 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.74 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.581 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 135 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.77 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.616 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.68 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.874 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.73 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.49 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.923 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 4.433 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 15 · tsunami flag
  44. 3.230 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 1.848 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 1.642 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.522 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.325 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.648 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.925 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.34 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 1.618 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.625 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.56 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3335 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.315 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.876 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.8Southern Alaska · 3337 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3338 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.070 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 130 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.732 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017aiv40z4 (also filed as ak16544534). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.