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, Aug 20, 2017, 11:27 AM AKDT (19:27 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-20 19:27:19 UTC
Depth
2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.904° N, 149.238° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.319 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 82
  3. 1.539 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.54 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.827 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.74 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.68 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.77 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.616 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.88 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.612 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.82 km E of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.68 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.731 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.73 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.023 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.623 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 3.230 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.210 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.916 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.518 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.523 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.622 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.520 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.020 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 1.927 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.925 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.729 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 2.625 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.532 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.515 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.82 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.59 km WSW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 1.921 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 1.627 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 1.519 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.73 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.634 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.326 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.515 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 1.66 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.534 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.212 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.48 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.117 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.456 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.50 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.523 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 1.734 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.014 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 2.249 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.968 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.133 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.637 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.030 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.721 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.614 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.718 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.824 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.845 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.662 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.34 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.56 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.514 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.9Central Alaska · 3335 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.824 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3336 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.841 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away

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