Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 6 km N of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km N of Glacier View, Alaska on Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 2:50 PM AKDT (22:50 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 39 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-13 22:50:06 UTC
Depth
15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.865° N, 147.644° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.039 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.028 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.827 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.738 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.619 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.824 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.662 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.824 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.614 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.549 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.968 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.949 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.617 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.543 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.539 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.526 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.532 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.536 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.612 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.649 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.731 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.533 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.623 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.118 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.210 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 2.020 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.020 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.541 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.729 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.550 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.59 km WSW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.442 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.921 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.519 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 1.634 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.66 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.534 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.456 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.531 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.2Southern Alaska · 3312 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.038 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.513 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.713 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 2.541 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.688 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.747 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.979 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.760 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.644 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.536 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.8Central Alaska · 3305 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.644 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.648 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.939 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.522 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.512 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.71 km SW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.044 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.515 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.544 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.229 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.542 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.640 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.910 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.833 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.170 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.040 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.343 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.639 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.842 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.229 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.229 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.049 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.955 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away

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