M1.6 earthquake 15 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Thu, Sep 14, 2017, 9:59 PM AKDT (05:59 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 37 km WNW of Valdez, 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
- 2017-09-15 05:59:28 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.931° N, 146.930° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.655 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.747 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.644 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.124 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.644 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.648 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.939 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.449 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.358 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.250 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.529 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.861 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.718 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.644 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.928 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.924 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.838 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.625 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.759 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.527 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.648 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.742 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.542 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.832 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.040 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.847 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.933 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.713 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.826 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.833 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.744 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.944 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.622 km SE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 2.541 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.123 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.038 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.150 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.642 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3312 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.942 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.531 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.521 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 3316 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.634 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.442 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.835 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.551 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
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