Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 15 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 10:33 AM AKDT (18:33 UTC), 24 km (15 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-21 18:33:53 UTC
Depth
23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.574° N, 149.582° 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
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.633 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.616 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.616 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.812 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.923 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.34 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.618 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.625 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.551 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.515 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.835 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.840 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.731 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 4.14 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 138 · tsunami flag
  33. 1.69 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.634 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.422 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.722 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.518 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.651 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.916 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.525 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.513 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 1.715 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.69 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.624 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 1.513 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.521 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.921 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.038 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.920 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.124 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.016 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.620 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.711 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.543 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3331 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 24
  5. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3335 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away

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