Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Mon, May 28, 2018, 9:39 AM AKDT (17:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 68 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-05-28 17:39:29 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.512° N, 147.331° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.675 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.968 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.122 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.614 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.772 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.545 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 108 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.78 km NW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.630 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.234 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.332 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.768 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.570 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.658 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 85 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.742 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.210 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.734 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.616 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.620 km E of Healy, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.818 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.78 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.777 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.082 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 73 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.178 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.665 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.637 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 1.519 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.815 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.59 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.117 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.636 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.955 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.548 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.772 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 79 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 1.883 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 76 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.343 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.745 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.577 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.127 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.66 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.760 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.675 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.324 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away

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