Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 11 km NE of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Healy, Alaska on Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 10:51 PM AKDT (06:51 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 69 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-09-20 06:51:44 UTC
Depth
110.5 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.943° N, 148.822° 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
76

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.728 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.158 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.487 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.072 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.881 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.551 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.510 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.734 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.132 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.625 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.333 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.569 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.566 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.346 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.319 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.037 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.634 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 106 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.638 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.032 km E of Nenana, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.224 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.567 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.511 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.619 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.618 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.07 km NNE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 112 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.215 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 119 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 1.716 km SSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.527 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.539 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.750 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.544 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.640 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.536 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.971 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.651 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 2.014 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.869 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.743 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.865 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.912 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.714 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.641 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.6Central Alaska · 3251 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.510 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 1.616 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.08 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.842 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.832 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.759 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.538 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.08 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 2.148 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.144 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.5Central Alaska · 3303 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.633 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 115 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.418 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.612 km NE of Ferry, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 1.513 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.623 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.839 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.622 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.521 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.9Central Alaska · 3316 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.511 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.759 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.816 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.754 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 134 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.17 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.067 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away

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