M1.5 earthquake 21 km W of Cohoe, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km W of Cohoe, Alaska on Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 7:10 AM AKST (16:10 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km E of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-19 16:10:45 UTC
- Depth
- 64.6 km (40.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.398° N, 151.683° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.633 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.563 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 151 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.52 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.068 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.932 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.017 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.266 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.930 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.131 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.915 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.811 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.049 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.514 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.515 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3203 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 84 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.644 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 173 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.121 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.755 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.253 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 144 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.354 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.968 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 85 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3211 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.167 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
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