Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km SSW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Hope, Alaska on Sat, Jun 17, 2017, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, 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
2017-06-18 06:17:28 UTC
Depth
42.2 km (26.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.876° N, 149.687° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.17 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.612 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.716 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.524 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.610 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.63 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.55 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.72 km SSE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.63 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.57 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.72 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.55 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.847 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.316 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.011 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.99 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.715 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.530 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.810 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.65 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.714 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.38 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.69 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.76 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.016 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.915 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.813 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.125 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.14 km NE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.82 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.59 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.83 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.22 km S of Beluga, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.210 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.55 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.313 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.816 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.128 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.633 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.77 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.215 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.929 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 1.69 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.922 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.722 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.18 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.57 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.811 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 1.922 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.614 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.523 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.627 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 3.243 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.512 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 1.941 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 14

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 1.513 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.83 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.615 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.342 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.711 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.822 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.810 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.613 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.518 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.75 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.522 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.911 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.419 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.520 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.515 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.50 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.921 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.631 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.219 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away

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