Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 2 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska on Mon, Dec 18, 2017, 11:55 AM AKST (20:55 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 16 km SE of Chickaloon, 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
2017-12-18 20:55:11 UTC
Depth
33.2 km (20.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.307° N, 149.541° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.121 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.633 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.631 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.527 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.93 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3209 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.629 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.45 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.017 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.812 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.719 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 3.15 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 14
  14. 1.814 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.930 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.726 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.915 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.518 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.010 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.811 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.523 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.517 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 1.515 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.56 km SW of Sunrise, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 1.625 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.611 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 1.54 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 1.57 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.831 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.34 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.021 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.320 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 1.721 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.019 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.329 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.519 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.123 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.917 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.131 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.816 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.619 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.531 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.920 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.54 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.715 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.55 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.934 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.620 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.840 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.64 km WSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.521 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.05 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.412 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.512 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.320 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.78 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.815 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.511 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 2.219 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.720 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.414 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.59 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.512 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3214 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.523 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.621 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.16 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.627 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.733 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.916 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.77 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.610 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.619 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.610 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.46 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.327 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.530 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.527 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.017 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away

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