M1.6 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 8:36 AM AKDT (16:36 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 27 km NNE of Chenega, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-28 16:36:04 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.419° N, 147.806° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.838 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.759 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.648 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.514 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.832 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.920 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.933 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.713 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.833 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.944 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.622 km SE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.548 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.755 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.738 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.136 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.738 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.528 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.944 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.517 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.031 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.953 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.734 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.453 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.716 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.841 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.423 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.959 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.940 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.356 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 3241 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.656 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.736 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.862 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 1.520 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.924 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.644 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.861 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.250 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.358 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.449 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.124 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.038 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
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