M1.8 earthquake 42 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 42 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska on Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 36 km W 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-11 20:00:49 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.423° N, 148.282° 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
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.936 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.89 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.025 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.954 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.011 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.524 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.649 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.837 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.522 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.633 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.552 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.112 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.137 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.930 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.044 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.929 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.140 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.346 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.443 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.836 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.534 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.449 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.918 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.835 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3508 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.822 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 78.
Before
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3556 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.839 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.927 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.126 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.541 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.727 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.89 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.655 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.627 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.727 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.334 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.822 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km E of Seward, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
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