M1.9 earthquake 57 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 57 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 9:31 PM AKDT (05:31 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 45 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-01 05:31:13 UTC
- Depth
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.548° N, 147.647° 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: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 50 km away
- 1.757 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.937 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.828 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.728 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.520 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.417 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.340 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.62 km W of Girdwood, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.175 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.875 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.142 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.675 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.978 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.876 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.876 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.575 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 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 · 85 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.345 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.652 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.238 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.753 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.246 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.026 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.321 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 19
- 1.528 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.217 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.345 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.956 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.152 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.129 km SE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.950 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.629 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.828 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of 68.
Before
- 2.342 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.138 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.333 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.650 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.551 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.747 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.846 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.922 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
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