M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNE of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Wed, Oct 18, 2017, 8:22 PM AKDT (04:22 UTC), 68 km (42 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-19 04:22:03 UTC
- Depth
- 67.7 km (42.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.573° N, 149.950° 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 165 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.050 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 132 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.920 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.725 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.054 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.269 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.031 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.172 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.818 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.47 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.77 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.954 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.851 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.927 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.915 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 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 · 3265 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.633 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3265 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.568 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 113 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3264 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 125 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.559 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.544 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.623 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.526 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.748 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.943 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 108 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.520 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.640 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.817 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.139 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.225 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.534 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.954 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2Central Alaska · 3259 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 129 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.856 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.553 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.683 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.89 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
- 1.517 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.547 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.224 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.849 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.449 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.848 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
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