Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 28 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 28 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 12:00 PM AKDT (20:00 UTC), 28 km (17 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-03-29 20:00:45 UTC
Depth
27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.033° N, 148.849° W
Region
Alaska
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
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
172

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.13 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 256 · tsunami flag
  2. 2.74 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.64 km N of Willow, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.410 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.620 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.233 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.428 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.613 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.919 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.872 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.823 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.255 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.124 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.815 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.018 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.525 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.521 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.022 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 1.632 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.52 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.59 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.512 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.616 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.666 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.721 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.616 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.654 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.913 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.98 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.520 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 3.940 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.67 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.535 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.92 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.141 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.56 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.527 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 2.359 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.65 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 1.526 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.866 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.249 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.026 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.239 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.131 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.621 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 2.319 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.719 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.442 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3087 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 1.73 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.560 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.87 km NE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 1.656 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.03 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.569 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.533 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.650 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.461 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.515 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.74 km NNE of Tanaina, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.120 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.228 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.22 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.522 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.333 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.72 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.58 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.829 km E of Chase, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.842 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.768 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.572 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.732 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away

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