Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Hope, Alaska on Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 1:43 AM AKDT (09:43 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km ESE of Nikiski, 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
2017-07-21 09:43:29 UTC
Depth
28.6 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.949° N, 149.585° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.025 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.721 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.52 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.54 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.710 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.611 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.16 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.515 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.95 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.87 km N of Knik, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.78 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.514 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.24 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.02 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.06 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 212
  19. 3.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
  20. 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.717 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.916 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.027 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.09 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.15 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.85 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 1.910 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.123 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.94 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 2.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3336 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.514 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.56 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.34 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.72 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 2.011 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.521 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.418 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.58 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.79 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.941 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.512 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.243 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.627 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.523 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.614 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.922 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.811 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.57 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.18 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.722 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.922 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.69 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away

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