Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 41 km NE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 41 km NE of Chase, Alaska on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 10:31 PM AKDT (06:31 UTC), 66 km (41 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-16 06:31:46 UTC
Depth
65.9 km (40.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.701° N, 149.517° 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
57

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 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9Central Alaska · 3336 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.662 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.845 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 60 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.381 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.928 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.870 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.563 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.637 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.633 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.975 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.659 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.968 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.249 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 72 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 1.869 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.617 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.166 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.15 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.73 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 4.319 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 82
  23. 1.748 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.539 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.069 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.253 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.557 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.68 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 1.522 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.88 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.82 km E of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.659 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.731 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.028 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.643 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.062 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.023 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.623 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.916 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 65 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 1.518 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.523 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.520 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.020 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.927 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.523 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 4.558 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 98
  56. 1.729 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 4.061 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.812 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.223 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.941 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 67 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.827 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.039 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.315 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.856 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.044 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.544 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.17 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.213 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.558 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.749 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.912 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.637 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.732 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.910 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.170 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.648 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away

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