M1.5 earthquake 71 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Sun, Sep 3, 2017, 12:14 PM AKDT (20:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 10 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-03 20:14:30 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.425° N, 152.285° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.313 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.434 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.312 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.012 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.326 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 126 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.50 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.518 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.627 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 122 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 96 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.494 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 165 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.715 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.011 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.69 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.632 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3305 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.633 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.620 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.136 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.711 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.064 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.035 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.410 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.778 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.73 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.814 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.045 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.916 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.717 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.378 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.819 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.522 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.925 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.622 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.325 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.522 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 115 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.848 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.230 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.49 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.685 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.874 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.56 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.249 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
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