M1.6 earthquake 36 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska on Sat, Apr 15, 2017, 8:04 PM AKDT (04:04 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 34 km E of Healy, 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
- 2017-04-16 04:04:39 UTC
- Depth
- 11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.290° N, 149.930° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.635 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.554 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.852 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.935 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.520 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.612 km W of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.534 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.526 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.750 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.052 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.651 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.348 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.969 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.918 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.038 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.713 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 138 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.842 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.635 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.035 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Ferry, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
- 1.742 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 3415 days ago · 128 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.835 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.647 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.719 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.812 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.753 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.834 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.118 km SW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.752 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 3.354 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.736 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.614 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.93 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3469 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.648 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Ferry, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.612 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 139 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.922 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.922 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.653 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.632 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.844 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
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