M1.8 earthquake 41 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 41 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska on Thu, Nov 9, 2017, 5:19 PM AKST (02:19 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 53 km SW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-10 02:19:16 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.657° N, 147.959° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.545 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.924 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.423 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.940 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.356 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 3240 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.656 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.862 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.827 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.16 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.353 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1,033 · tsunami flag
- 1.615 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.815 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.450 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.951 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.757 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.69 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.952 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Crown Point, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.449 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.548 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.830 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.632 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.152 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512 km SSE of Valdez, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.937 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.817 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
- 2.017 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.832 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.619 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.845 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.931 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.851 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.751 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.56 km E of Seward, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.950 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 1.813 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.716 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.453 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.734 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.953 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.031 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.517 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.537 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 1.547 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.854 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.944 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3260 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.528 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
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