Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 71 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska on Mon, Sep 18, 2017, 10:25 PM AKDT (06:25 UTC), 11 km (7 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-09-19 06:25:27 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.093° N, 147.697° 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
40

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.971 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.071 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 4.167 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.467 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.465 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.970 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.664 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.777 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.766 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.366 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.487 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.072 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.264 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.761 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.550 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.666 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.662 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.756 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.881 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.368 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.069 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.546 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.625 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.333 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.569 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.566 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 1.553 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.845 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.663 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 1.851 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.751 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 2.037 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.076 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.638 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 2.224 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 1.567 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 1.547 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.683 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.172 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.07 km NNE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.716 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.527 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.544 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 1.640 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 1.971 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 2.452 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.663 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  51. 1.954 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.642 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.246 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.558 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.869 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.865 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.660 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.767 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.912 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.714 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.356 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.760 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.979 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.688 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.574 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.456 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.622 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.521 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.657 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.656 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.759 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.067 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.672 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.760 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.15 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.249 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.968 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1

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