Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 26 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 26 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 5:24 AM AKDT (13:24 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, 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
2017-08-17 13:24:12 UTC
Depth
50.4 km (31.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.269° N, 150.659° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.736 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.148 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3331 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 24
  9. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.429 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.735 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.815 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.616 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 1.614 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.731 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.923 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 4.433 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 15 · tsunami flag
  29. 1.63 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.642 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.522 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.325 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.737 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 1.618 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 3.011 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.34 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.618 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 1.625 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 3.111 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 13
  47. 1.713 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 1.78 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.48 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.815 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.14 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 3.313 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.312 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 1.72 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.628 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away

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