Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 22 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 11:42 AM AKDT (19:42 UTC), 54 km (33 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-13 19:42:47 UTC
Depth
53.9 km (33.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.727° N, 150.574° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.73 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3335 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.72 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.148 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3331 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 24
  17. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.815 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.616 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.812 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 1.923 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 4.433 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 15 · tsunami flag
  34. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.642 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.522 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.325 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.618 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.648 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.34 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 1.618 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.625 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 3.111 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 13
  49. 1.713 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.48 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.515 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 3.313 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  60. 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 57 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.732 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 49 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.94 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.123 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

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