M1.5 earthquake 25 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska on Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 12:43 AM AKDT (08:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 21 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-13 08:43:37 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.568° N, 148.470° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.513 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.038 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.124 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.449 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.358 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.250 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.861 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.644 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.924 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.520 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.838 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.759 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.47 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.648 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.514 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.645 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.832 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.920 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.933 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.833 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.944 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.943 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.548 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.312 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.755 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.738 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.136 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.738 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 2.425 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 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 · 67 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.942 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.422 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.521 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 3316 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.634 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.69 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.731 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.835 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.551 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
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