Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 41 km SE of Knik River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 41 km SE of Knik River, Alaska on Mon, Jul 17, 2017, 6:34 PM AKDT (02:34 UTC), 21 km (13 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-18 02:34:35 UTC
Depth
21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.160° N, 148.440° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.645 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.323 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.79 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.511 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.715 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.84 km NW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.615 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.64 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.025 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.721 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.52 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.653 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.54 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 3.056 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.710 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.513 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.217 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.620 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.516 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.847 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 1.754 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 3.153 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.728 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.87 km N of Knik, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.24 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.02 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.229 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.653 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 4.06 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 212
  34. 2.154 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
  36. 1.717 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.855 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.943 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.09 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.15 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.040 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.85 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.833 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.910 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.515 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.71 km SW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.86 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.827 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.645 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.738 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.514 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.56 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 2.34 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.156 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.718 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 3.243 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.414 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.819 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.751 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.646 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.7Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.854 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.57 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3368 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.954 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.716 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.856 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.640 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.69 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.929 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.215 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.05 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1

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