M1.6 earthquake 30 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska on Thu, May 18, 2017, 8:39 PM AKDT (04:39 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 32 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-19 04:39:03 UTC
- Depth
- 70.4 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.438° N, 151.040° 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
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 133 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.514 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.734 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.920 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.310 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.25 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.57 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.162 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.613 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 3.520 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 1.732 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.233 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.741 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.013 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.123 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.920 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.55 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.823 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.915 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.232 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 711 · tsunami flag
- 1.910 km E of Willow, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.525 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.627 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.342 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.040 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.515 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.522 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.026 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Eagle River, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.229 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Knik, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 1.615 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.72 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.418 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.35 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.518 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.11 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.032 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.542 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 3431 days ago · 66 km deep · 18 km away
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