Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km NNE of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km NNE of Willow, Alaska on Mon, Apr 24, 2017, 9:37 AM AKDT (17:37 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 27 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Willow forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-24 17:37:16 UTC
Depth
38.8 km (24.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.870° N, 149.948° 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
43

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 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.538 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.629 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.723 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.227 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 33 · tsunami flag
  6. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.96 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.321 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.126 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.56 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.621 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.722 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.915 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.12 km W of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.918 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.68 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.522 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.527 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.527 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.832 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.919 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.35 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.99 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 1.713 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.68 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 1.918 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 3.417 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.928 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.16 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.517 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 1.918 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.846 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.632 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3441 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.911 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.732 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.726 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.518 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.619 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.521 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 1.926 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3440 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.719 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.010 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 1.713 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 2.027 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.234 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.521 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.616 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 1.826 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.72 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 3.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.942 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.525 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.724 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.941 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.425 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.933 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.738 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.92 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.56 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.915 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.933 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.033 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.024 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.57 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.212 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.823 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.124 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.925 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.68 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.57 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.551 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.920 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.03 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01758tlwbv (also filed as ak15809039). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:47 AM UTC.