M1.7 earthquake 65 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Oct 18, 2017, 9:26 AM AKDT (17:26 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 65 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-18 17:26:35 UTC
- Depth
- 107.4 km (66.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.151° N, 150.142° 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
- 42
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 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.050 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 132 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 119 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.725 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.054 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 128 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.536 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.031 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.954 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.927 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 120 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.215 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.653 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.568 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 110 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3264 days ago · 107 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 125 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.559 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.544 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.526 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.748 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.943 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 112 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 131 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.750 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.544 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.640 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.536 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.134 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 97 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 94 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.739 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 106 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 129 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.256 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 112 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.165 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.553 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.89 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 1.517 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.547 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.941 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.224 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.849 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.848 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 123 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.634 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
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