Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Mon, Jun 5, 2017, 6:47 AM AKDT (14:47 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 65 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-05 14:47:24 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.281° N, 151.274° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.753 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.445 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 127 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.555 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.552 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.647 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.851 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.660 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.960 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.372 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.859 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.656 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.753 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.625 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.957 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.815 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.473 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.729 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 1.846 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.949 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 1.522 km NW of Chase, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 127 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 1.557 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.351 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 2.237 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.168 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 121 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.863 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.940 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.551 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.838 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 3.1Central Alaska · 3394 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 2.049 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 3.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 125 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 1.862 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 128 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.130 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.063 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 2.270 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 1.745 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 2.037 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.3Central Alaska · 3390 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.645 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 1.631 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.757 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.558 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.658 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 1.532 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 1.622 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 1.5Central Alaska · 3388 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.634 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.952 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.763 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 127 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 1.617 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.662 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 1.653 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.728 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.869 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 125 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.033 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.620 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.629 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.835 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.827 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 113 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.550 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.138 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.6Central Alaska · 3415 days ago · 108 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.956 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.532 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.143 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.060 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.156 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away

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