M1.5 earthquake 40 km NE of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km NE of Chase, Alaska on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 7:21 PM AKDT (03:21 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 58 km NNE 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
- 2017-08-29 03:21:15 UTC
- Depth
- 65.2 km (40.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.704° N, 149.534° 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
- 45
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 89 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.518 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.523 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.020 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.558 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 98
- 1.729 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.061 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 132 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.854 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.146 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.974 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.243 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.027 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.530 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.521 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.972 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.48 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.847 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3310 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.523 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.821 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.355 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.014 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.264 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.044 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3308 days ago · 90 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.250 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 42
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.916 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.023 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.028 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.731 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 132 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.82 km E of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.522 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.557 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.253 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.069 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
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