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 Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 5:04 AM AKDT (13:04 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-31 13:04:42 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.735° N, 150.522° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.48 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.515 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.515 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 3.313 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.312 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.731 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.14 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 138 · tsunami flag
  13. 1.69 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.228 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.722 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.50 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.518 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.627 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.641 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.916 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 1.945 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.513 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.712 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.715 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 2.010 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.011 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.230 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.69 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 1.739 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.624 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 1.942 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.513 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3306 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.521 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 60 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 1.921 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 1.920 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.851 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.525 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.016 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 1.620 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.711 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 1.719 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.818 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.519 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 2.227 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 1.611 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.713 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.625 km W of Hope, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.618 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.34 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.648 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.618 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.325 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.522 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.642 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.725 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.433 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 15 · tsunami flag
  17. 1.923 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.59 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away

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