Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 1:28 PM AKDT (21:28 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Talkeetna forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-16 21:28:12 UTC
Depth
58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.508° N, 149.374° 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
59

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 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.514 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.56 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.34 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.662 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.845 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.381 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.928 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.718 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.870 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.030 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.637 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.975 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.659 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.968 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.249 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.869 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.617 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.15 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.73 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 4.319 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 82
  23. 1.748 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.539 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 1.54 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.069 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.827 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.557 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.74 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.68 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.522 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.88 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.612 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.82 km E of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.68 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.731 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.028 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.643 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.023 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.623 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.916 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.518 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 1.523 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.622 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.520 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.020 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.927 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.523 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 4.558 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 98
  55. 1.729 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.625 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 1.623 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.841 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.812 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.223 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.941 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.827 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 3.039 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.315 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.71 km SW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.044 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.544 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.213 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.558 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.749 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.524 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.637 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.910 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.170 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.648 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.110 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017ahf79c5 (also filed as ak16541370). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC.