Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 45 km SW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 45 km SW of Salcha, Alaska on Sat, Dec 9, 2017, 12:51 AM AKST (09:51 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 7 km SE of Ferry, 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
2017-12-09 09:51:34 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.285° N, 147.673° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.621 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.516 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.674 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.714 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.2Central Alaska · 3217 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.064 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.514 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.730 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.570 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.517 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.616 km NNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.5Central Alaska · 3210 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.937 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.676 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.579 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.569 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.633 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.967 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.549 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.767 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.69 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 4.06 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 48
  27. 1.84 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.97 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.637 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 1.818 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.382 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 3.75 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.618 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.66 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 1.910 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.960 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.241 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.522 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 1.89 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.67 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.558 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.515 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.213 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 4.67 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 46
  46. 1.755 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.226 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.811 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.343 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.613 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.885 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.511 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.19 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.919 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.433 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.857 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.612 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.726 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 1.578 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.86 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 1.713 km W of Salcha, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.525 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.225 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.525 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.519 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.611 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.637 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.751 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.59 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.863 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.815 km NW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.617 km NNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.463 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.019 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.959 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.883 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.548 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.06 km NNW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away

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