Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 21 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:23 AM AKDT (15:23 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 23 km NE 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
2018-08-29 15:23:13 UTC
Depth
62.0 km (38.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.271° N, 150.639° 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
41

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 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.427 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.718 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.763 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.98 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.529 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.519 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.260 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.555 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.855 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.854 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.556 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.512 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.736 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.120 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.419 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.555 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.341 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.620 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.26 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.537 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.052 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.320 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.733 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.843 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2950 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.517 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.223 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.637 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.528 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.970 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.867 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.524 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.732 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.953 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.629 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 3.045 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.837 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 58 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.54 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 1.949 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.728 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.514 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.26 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 2.512 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.640 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.714 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.64 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.138 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 104 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 3.057 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.826 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.630 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.457 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.972 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.733 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.859 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.721 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.57 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.122 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.543 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.54 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.964 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.528 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.165 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.150 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.850 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 3.049 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.717 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.823 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.27 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.631 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.848 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.631 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.829 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.740 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away

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