M1.9 earthquake 26 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 26 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 3:25 PM AKST (00:25 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 52 km W 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-18 00:25:37 UTC
- Depth
- 72.8 km (45.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.254° N, 151.524° 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
- 60
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 147 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.129 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.727 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.229 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.031 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 76 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 63 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.610 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.826 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 81 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3543 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.52 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.621 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3542 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.517 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.745 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.966 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 71 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.730 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 1.76 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.525 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.759 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.552 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 142 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 229 · tsunami flag
- 1.76 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 74 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.428 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.211 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.517 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.011 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.724 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.920 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.667 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.33 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.712 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 71 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.593 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.226 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.614 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.527 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.323 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
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