Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 11:35 AM AKDT (19:35 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 64 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-09 19:35:54 UTC
Depth
66.7 km (41.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.783° N, 149.798° 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.650 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.371 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.057 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.759 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.826 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.457 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.972 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.967 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.658 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.5Central Alaska · 2940 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.717 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.936 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.923 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  16. 3.239 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.015 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.062 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.628 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.136 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.059 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.163 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 1.87 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.662 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.640 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 1.639 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.248 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 1.641 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.139 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.223 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.047 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.624 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.263 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.123 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.647 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.747 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 2.012 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.561 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 3.734 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.655 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.470 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 2.4Central Alaska · 2932 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 3.414 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.343 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 1.654 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.661 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 1.972 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.725 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.960 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.521 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.634 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.48 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.535 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 68 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.758 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 132 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.454 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.728 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.949 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.54 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.069 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.837 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.045 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.549 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.953 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.732 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 72 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.524 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.867 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.843 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.733 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.320 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.052 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.043 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.537 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.447 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.26 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away

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