Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Aug 3, 2017, 2:20 PM AKDT (22:20 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km NNE 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
2017-08-03 22:20:56 UTC
Depth
88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.286° N, 151.182° 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
44

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 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.85 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.768 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.729 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.710 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 3.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 132 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.536 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.549 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.553 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.675 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.110 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.739 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.047 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.321 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.633 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.637 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.524 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.213 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3338 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.856 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.315 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.941 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.223 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.812 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.841 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.9Central Alaska · 3335 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.514 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.845 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.928 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 1.718 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.870 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.030 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.129 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.637 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.133 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.633 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 93 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 1.835 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.657 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.869 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.045 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 1.73 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 4.319 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 82
  54. 1.524 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.748 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.225 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 77 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.54 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.558 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.927 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.640 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.628 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.158 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.039 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.625 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.853 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.735 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 80 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.947 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.163 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 141 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.7Central Alaska · 3353 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.514 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.78 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.6Central Alaska · 3354 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.639 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.366 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.447 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away

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