Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 6 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Nov 1, 2017, 1:32 PM AKDT (21:32 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 9 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-11-01 21:32:19 UTC
Depth
39.8 km (24.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.408° N, 149.908° 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
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.819 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.111 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.620 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.76 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.935 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.56 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.67 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.911 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.734 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.614 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.624 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.619 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.65 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.50 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.523 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.621 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.517 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.93 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.712 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.612 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.315 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.646 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.815 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.920 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.726 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.729 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.66 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.545 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.514 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.621 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 2.026 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.829 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.517 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.524 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.58 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3247 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.729 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.715 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.533 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.57 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.59 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.532 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.311 km N of Houston, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.718 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 2.610 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.611 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 1.823 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.920 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 1.614 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.933 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.513 km N of Houston, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 1.822 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.117 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 1.519 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.614 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.67 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 4.49 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 217 · tsunami flag
  60. 2.18 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.711 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.44 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.524 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.2Central Alaska · 3259 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.619 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.534 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.621 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.59 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.225 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.09 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.522 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.817 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.535 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.918 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.811 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.519 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.738 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away

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