Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 13 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska on Tue, May 23, 2017, 9:54 AM AKDT (17:54 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-23 17:54:42 UTC
Depth
26.9 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.346° N, 149.323° 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
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.517 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.013 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.98 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.521 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 3.014 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.915 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.55 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.815 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.67 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.612 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.28 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.823 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.815 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.115 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 134 · tsunami flag
  15. 1.825 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.711 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.915 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.910 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.919 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.525 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.76 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.94 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.515 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.56 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.915 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.519 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.522 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.326 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.620 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 1.522 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.14 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.633 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.720 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.815 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.631 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.921 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.50 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 1.965 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.412 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.513 km SSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.515 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.520 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.934 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.911 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.727 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 1.75 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 1.810 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.822 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 1.912 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.615 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.83 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 3.025 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.65 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.17 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.543 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.524 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.815 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.510 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 2.018 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.25 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.310 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.06 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.814 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.317 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.821 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.630 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.615 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.66 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.625 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.614 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.92 km NNW of Eagle River, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 1.915 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.58 km SE of Knik, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.615 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.418 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2

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