Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 8 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska on Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 8:48 PM AKDT (04:48 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 9 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-01 04:48:08 UTC
Depth
29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.368° N, 149.691° 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
67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.821 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.721 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.033 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.515 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.828 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.615 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.645 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.628 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.79 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.59 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.815 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.312 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.710 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.36 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.615 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.522 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.913 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.812 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.47 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.65 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.514 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 44 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 1.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.55 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3283 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.112 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.026 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.613 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.514 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.813 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.412 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.712 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.67 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 1.714 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.920 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 1.527 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.96 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.612 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.126 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.616 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 1.934 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.422 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 1.75 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 3.05 km SSE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 14
  46. 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.627 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.527 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.814 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 1.68 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.731 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.514 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.619 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.67 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 2.015 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 1.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.920 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.518 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.129 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.617 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.117 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.528 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.633 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.731 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.216 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.838 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.623 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.54 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.27 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.33 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.63 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.014 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  15. 1.63 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.039 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.930 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.610 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.415 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away

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