M1.7 earthquake 50 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 50 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Oct 26, 2017, 8:06 PM AKDT (04:06 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 65 km N of Petersville, 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
- 2017-10-27 04:06:09 UTC
- Depth
- 110.7 km (68.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.477° N, 149.946° 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
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.544 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.640 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.536 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 127 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.134 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.739 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 129 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.256 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.165 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.546 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.055 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.642 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.261 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.246 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 125 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.714 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.617 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.263 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.023 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.870 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.935 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.349 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3251 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.349 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.956 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.616 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.452 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.671 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.752 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.845 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.338 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.362 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.150 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.842 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 91 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of 193.
Before
- 1.860 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 131 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.943 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.748 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.544 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.539 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.559 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 125 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.568 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.653 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.215 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
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