Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 23 km SW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 23 km SW of Hope, Alaska on Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 10:29 PM AKDT (06:29 UTC), 34 km (21 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-27 06:29:11 UTC
Depth
33.8 km (21.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.767° N, 149.934° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.522 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.325 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.34 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.618 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.625 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.48 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.515 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.840 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 3.313 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  22. 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.312 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.731 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 4.14 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 138 · tsunami flag
  26. 1.69 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.634 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.66 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.722 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.50 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.518 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.916 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.525 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.513 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 1.715 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.010 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.011 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.69 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.624 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 1.513 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3306 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.521 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.921 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.920 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 2.124 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.525 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.016 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.620 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.711 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.719 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 1.519 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.73 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.812 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.616 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.77 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.616 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.815 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3332 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 24
  18. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017azd6sbt (also filed as ak16698272). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.