Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 25 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 25 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Sat, Sep 22, 2018, 2:43 AM AKDT (10:43 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 12 km S of Susitna North, 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
2018-09-22 10:43:01 UTC
Depth
30.1 km (18.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.994° N, 148.902° 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: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.00 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.56 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.910 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.634 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.48 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.535 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.827 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.612 km WNW of Chase, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.568 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.822 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.213 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.630 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.58 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.245 km W of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.920 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.59 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.728 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 7
  19. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.836 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.513 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.98 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.763 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.528 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.816 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.982 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.825 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.14 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.719 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 1.88 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.836 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.01 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 1.712 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.834 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.18 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.543 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.918 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.425 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.99 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.772 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2913 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.721 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.38 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.71 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.641 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.59 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.99 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.712 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 1.514 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.012 km SE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  54. 2.040 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 1.712 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.460 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.515 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.662 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.617 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.63 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 1.972 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.334 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.314 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 3.414 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.561 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.624 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.139 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.641 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.55 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.248 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.639 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.013 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.019 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.714 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.015 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.62 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.239 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1

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