M1.8 earthquake 22 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska on Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 6:02 AM AKDT (14:02 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 21 km SSW of Whittier, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-02 14:02:31 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.586° N, 148.552° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.757 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.937 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.828 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.618 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.924 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.933 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.728 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Knik River, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.520 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.558 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.331 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.120 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.62 km W of Girdwood, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.423 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.142 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.629 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.749 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Hope, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.753 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.627 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.246 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.321 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 19
- 1.528 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.217 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.345 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.516 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.956 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km WNW of Primrose, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.317 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.950 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.629 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.828 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.642 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.540 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.847 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.953 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.828 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.957 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.822 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.342 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.88 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.622 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.650 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.747 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.846 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.922 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
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