Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 7:14 PM AKDT (03:14 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-17 03:14:35 UTC
Depth
19.9 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.974° N, 150.928° 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
43

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.523 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.627 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.512 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.632 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.348 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.730 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.828 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 14
  10. 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.738 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.624 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.58 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.418 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.521 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.316 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.011 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.621 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.64 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.025 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.721 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.52 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.54 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.633 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.611 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.16 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 1.515 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.823 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.95 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.511 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.529 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.624 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.87 km N of Knik, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  36. 1.78 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.514 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.24 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.02 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.121 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.9Southern Alaska · 3353 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.114 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 2.165 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 1.827 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.15 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
  51. 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.927 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.625 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.524 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.811 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.57 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 101 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.18 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.578 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 138 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.531 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.54 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.872 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.69 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.929 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.77 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.633 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.928 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.58 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.441 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.128 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away

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