M1.8 earthquake 37 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 37 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, May 7, 2017, 11:49 AM AKDT (19:49 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-07 19:49:58 UTC
- Depth
- 16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.372° N, 147.711° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.321 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 19
- 1.528 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.217 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.956 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km WNW of Primrose, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.129 km SE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.950 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.629 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.828 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.045 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.642 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.540 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.343 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.847 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.953 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.934 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.854 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.732 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.941 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.551 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.522 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.841 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.213 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.544 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.847 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.864 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.547 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.650 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.38 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.536 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.741 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 2.246 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.753 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.345 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.575 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.876 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.876 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.978 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.675 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.142 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.875 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.175 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
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