M1.6 earthquake 20 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, Dec 3, 2017, 2:28 PM AKST (23:28 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km NW of Susitna, 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
- 2017-12-03 23:28:53 UTC
- Depth
- 67.2 km (41.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.058° N, 151.524° 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
- 22
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 158 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.87 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.426 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.66 km E of Susitna, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.112 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3225 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.642 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.324 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 73 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.627 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.523 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.831 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3223 days ago · 138 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 76 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.823 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.565 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.663 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.121 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.339 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.632 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.876 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 110 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.188 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 137 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.382 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 142 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 111 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.530 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.327 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 3.46 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 2.074 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 141 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.978 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 80 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.733 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3218 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3218 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.16 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.637 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.428 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 83 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.27 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.713 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 90 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.313 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.917 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3230 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.812 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.821 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.769 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
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