Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 12 km NNW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 12 km NNW of Willow, Alaska on Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 11:39 AM AKDT (19:39 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 26 km N of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-09 19:39:36 UTC
Depth
49.6 km (30.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.858° N, 150.099° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
97

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.513 km SSW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.69 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.515 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.625 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.815 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.539 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.934 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.911 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.129 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.644 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.75 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.522 km NW of Chase, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.833 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.810 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.810 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.912 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.615 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 3.752 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.83 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.814 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 3.025 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.539 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.815 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.038 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.510 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.016 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 3.029 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 2.624 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.618 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.63 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.917 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 1.714 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.625 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.8Central Alaska · 3391 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.57 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.72 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.55 km W of Houston, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.218 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.712 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.639 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.932 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.112 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.029 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 2.025 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.622 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.524 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.126 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.316 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.318 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 2.011 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.946 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.617 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.99 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 1.717 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 1.521 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.814 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.616 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 2.127 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 180.

Before

  1. 1.50 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.921 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.529 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.631 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.815 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 51 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.634 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.720 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.633 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.14 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.522 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.620 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.326 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.612 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.529 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.522 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.56 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.515 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.66 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away

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