Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 16 km N of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km N of Sterling, Alaska on Sat, Aug 5, 2017, 9:06 AM AKDT (17:06 UTC), 41 km (25 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-05 17:06:54 UTC
Depth
40.8 km (25.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.680° N, 150.807° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
49

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 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.027 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.09 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 49 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.123 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.624 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.94 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 54 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 1.85 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 56 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 124 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.732 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.016 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.8Southern Alaska · 3339 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.727 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.660 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.6Southern Alaska · 3337 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.72 km SSW of Beluga, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 3.148 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.72 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.8Southern Alaska · 3332 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 24
  58. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.712 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.216 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.614 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.122 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.15 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.827 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.617 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.552 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.165 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.515 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away

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