M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Mon, Oct 9, 2017, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 65 km N of Petersville, 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
- 2017-10-10 06:17:29 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.532° N, 150.798° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.240 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.332 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.730 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.732 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.351 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.753 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.767 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 123 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.037 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.657 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.634 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.848 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.849 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.224 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.941 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.553 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.050 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 119 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.054 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.536 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.954 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 131 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.215 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.653 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 127 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.568 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 125 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.559 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 135 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.137 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.552 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.034 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.658 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 126 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.750 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.350 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.571 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 100 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 126 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.548 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 1.845 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.058 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
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