Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 5 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska on Fri, May 12, 2017, 1:50 PM AKDT (21:50 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 41 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-12 21:50:32 UTC
Depth
36.4 km (22.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.763° N, 149.340° 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
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.56 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.141 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  3. 1.642 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.523 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.821 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.439 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.11 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.227 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.345 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.516 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.64 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.35 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.418 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.615 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.58 km SE of Knik, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
  17. 1.915 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 1.92 km NNW of Eagle River, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.614 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.625 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.66 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.615 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.630 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.821 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.814 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.734 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.06 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.514 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.810 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.310 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.25 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.018 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.513 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.98 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.521 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 3.014 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.915 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.55 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.815 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.67 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.28 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.823 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.815 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 4.115 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 134 · tsunami flag
  48. 1.825 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.915 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.53 km S of Chase, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.915 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.817 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.910 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 1.919 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.525 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.917 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.76 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.94 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.064 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.66 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3433 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.635 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.523 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.511 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.632 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.240 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.927 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.941 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.525 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.942 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.616 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.234 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.027 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.713 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.010 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.719 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.926 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away

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