M1.6 earthquake 53 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 4:42 PM AKST (01:42 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 52 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2017-12-28 01:42:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.562° N, 147.443° 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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.736 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.747 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.646 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.040 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.656 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.549 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.647 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.722 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.820 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.324 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.020 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.336 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.326 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.840 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.941 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.929 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.921 km W of Cordova, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.638 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.854 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.720 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.552 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.070 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.650 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.850 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.636 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.533 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.635 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.931 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.221 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 17
- 1.648 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.246 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.055 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.863 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.536 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of 75.
Before
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3203 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.540 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.849 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.557 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.950 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.649 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.751 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.536 km N of Cordova, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
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