M1.7 earthquake 47 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 47 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Mar 12, 2017, 8:01 AM AKDT (16:01 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 45 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-12 16:01:18 UTC
- Depth
- 24.7 km (15.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.231° N, 147.222° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.747 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.650 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Cordova, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.342 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.957 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.828 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.757 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.937 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.828 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.728 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.558 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.340 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2102 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.175 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.875 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.142 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.675 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.978 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.876 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.876 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.575 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.345 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.246 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 1.667 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.520 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.916 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.739 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.616 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.818 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.517 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.158 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.846 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.835 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.554 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.822 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3509 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.449 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
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