M1.9 earthquake 31 km SE of Minto, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 31 km SE of Minto, Alaska on Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 3:48 AM AKDT (11:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 30 km W of Ester, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-31 11:48:02 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.984° N, 148.821° 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
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.652 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.743 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.730 km W of Ester, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 72
- 2.641 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3251 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.030 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.630 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.59 km E of Rampart, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.86 km S of North Pole, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.92 km E of College, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Fairbanks, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.06 km NNW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.815 km NW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.611 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.225 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.713 km W of Salcha, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.645 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.730 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.632 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3211 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.937 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.633 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 2.014 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.651 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.22 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Minto, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.625 km WSW of Minto, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.032 km E of Nenana, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.626 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.721 km E of Minto, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.319 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Minto, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.725 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.08 km E of Rampart, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
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