Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km N of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Sun, Jul 9, 2017, 12:14 PM AKDT (20:14 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 19 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Fishhook forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-09 20:14:33 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.897° N, 149.267° 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: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.05 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.912 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.215 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.69 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.624 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.826 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.875 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.872 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.223 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.036 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.716 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.915 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.57 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.811 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.715 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.523 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.819 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.414 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.243 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  22. 1.941 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.76 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.730 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.467 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.79 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 1.511 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.715 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.84 km NW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.418 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.521 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.011 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.511 km NW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.621 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.522 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.615 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.524 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 1.52 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.54 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.127 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.710 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 3.821 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 21 · tsunami flag
  44. 1.622 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.128 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.632 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.630 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.513 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.730 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.515 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.871 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.616 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.217 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 1.819 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 1.516 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  56. 1.733 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.955 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 2.049 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.6Central Alaska · 3355 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.87 km N of Knik, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 178.

Before

  1. 2.028 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.128 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.915 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.144 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.313 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.833 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.616 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.014 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.59 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.82 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.730 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.721 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.128 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.842 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.813 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.115 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.242 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.127 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.616 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0178qk3oik (also filed as ak16313533). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.