Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Nov 8, 2017, 8:45 PM AKST (05:45 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km SSW of Healy, 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
2017-11-09 05:45:31 UTC
Depth
120.3 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.254° N, 150.466° 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
46

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 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.656 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.954 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.349 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 113 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 128 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.956 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.452 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.052 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.537 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.671 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.752 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.845 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.338 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.08 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 115 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.362 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.150 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.842 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.833 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.541 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 2.558 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 129 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.537 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.759 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 1.538 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.352 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.6Central Alaska · 3241 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.059 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 129 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.016 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.619 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.842 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 1.956 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 145 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 1.534 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.665 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 116 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.172 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 117 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.532 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 2.466 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 114 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.0Central Alaska · 3240 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.716 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 2.122 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.644 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.531 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 120 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.766 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 128 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 1.744 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 1.759 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 125 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.655 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.454 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.757 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.674 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 113 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 123 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 3.062 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 125 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 1.628 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.860 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 135 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.349 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.935 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.549 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.063 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 130 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.870 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 104 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 99 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.023 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.263 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.617 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 125 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.763 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 126 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.558 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.246 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.261 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 1.642 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.16 km SSE of Chase, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.055 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 107 km deep · 4 km away

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