M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Sep 9, 2017, 3:08 PM AKDT (23:08 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km N of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-09 23:08:59 UTC
- Depth
- 94.1 km (58.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.102° N, 150.187° 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
- 37
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
- 2.821 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.355 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.264 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 108 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.044 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.535 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3308 days ago · 90 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.250 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 80 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 42
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 101 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.574 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.851 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 124 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 126 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.633 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.144 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.932 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 131 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.148 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.924 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.525 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.258 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.870 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 119 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 129 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.812 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 4.167 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.467 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.526 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.465 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.970 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.674 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.953 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.053 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 129 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.950 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.460 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 134 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.672 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 111 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 132 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.366 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.655 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.641 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.756 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.551 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.545 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.847 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.614 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 130 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3313 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.831 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.972 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 117 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 132 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.531 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.521 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.530 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
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