Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska on Wed, May 17, 2017, 3:22 AM AKDT (11:22 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km WNW of Glacier View, 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
2017-05-17 11:22:22 UTC
Depth
8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.682° N, 148.049° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.846 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.66 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.615 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.821 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.152 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.542 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.751 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.814 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.310 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.528 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.147 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.513 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.742 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.731 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 3.014 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.642 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.724 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.915 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 1.55 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.815 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 4.115 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 134 · tsunami flag
  24. 1.539 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.533 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.915 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.847 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.817 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 1.910 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.919 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 1.56 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.915 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 1.519 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.142 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.349 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.138 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.524 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.326 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.522 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.14 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.633 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.837 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.965 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.513 km SSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.941 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.839 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.727 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 1.746 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.75 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 1.822 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 3.631 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.129 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.912 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 3.025 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.543 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.815 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.275 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.016 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 1.722 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.614 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.835 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.92 km NNW of Eagle River, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.936 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.915 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.58 km SE of Knik, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  8. 1.615 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.35 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.847 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.516 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.345 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.622 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.11 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.439 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.821 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.523 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.949 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.642 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away

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