M1.5 earthquake 49 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska on Sat, Mar 17, 2018, 8:07 AM AKDT (16:07 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 3 km NNE of Big Lake, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-17 16:07:45 UTC
- Depth
- 100.2 km (62.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.566° N, 151.695° 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
- 47
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.027 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3122 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.028 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.673 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 78 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.72 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.333 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.522 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.22 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.228 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.422 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.912 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.323 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.722 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.120 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.725 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.735 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.550 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.014 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 92 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.524 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.622 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.628 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.925 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.827 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.13 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 256 · tsunami flag
- 1.926 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.74 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 86 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.64 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.136 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.23 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.428 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.518 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 110 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.630 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 80 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3103 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.618 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.975 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 139 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.015 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.525 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.610 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.926 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.96 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.520 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.622 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.429 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.930 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.030 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
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