M1.7 earthquake 65 km E of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 65 km E of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Aug 3, 2017, 6:49 AM AKDT (14:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 67 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-03 14:49:56 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.428° N, 147.635° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.815 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.670 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.648 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.732 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.749 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.510 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.748 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.381 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.659 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.672 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.067 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.759 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.521 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.612 km NE of Ferry, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.574 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.633 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.071 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.167 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.467 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.465 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.970 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.158 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.777 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.366 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.487 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.072 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.264 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.756 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 2.030 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.318 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.141 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.639 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.333 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.076 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.467 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.637 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.658 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.627 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
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