M1.5 earthquake 7 km SSW of Kenai, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Kenai, Alaska on Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 2:20 AM AKST (11:20 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 9 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-14 11:20:03 UTC
- Depth
- 57.3 km (35.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.491° N, 151.304° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.056 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.068 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.98 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.60 km WNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.652 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.223 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.920 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.639 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 91 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.822 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.49 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 217 · tsunami flag
- 2.18 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.99 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.511 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.610 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.811 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.629 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.643 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.122 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.248 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.863 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.520 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.625 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.512 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 56 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.525 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.660 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.110 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 107 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.852 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.622 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.360 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.026 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.934 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.577 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.952 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.035 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3248 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.829 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
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