M1.7 earthquake 51 km NE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 51 km NE of Chenega, Alaska on Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:38 PM AKDT (06:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 56 km SSE of Glacier View, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-22 06:38:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.419° N, 147.402° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.155 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.728 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.020 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.316 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.847 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.756 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 13
- 1.723 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.819 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.056 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.649 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.241 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.56 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.528 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.924 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.357 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.116 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.630 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.728 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.342 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.658 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.043 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.537 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.750 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.755 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.613 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.842 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.623 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.636 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.957 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 1.713 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.648 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.716 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.533 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.528 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.816 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.636 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.836 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.848 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2959 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
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